noun en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /nʌʊn/ (Canada, dialectal)
- /nɒ(ʊ)n/ (Multicultural-London-English)
- (US) audio Inland North
- /naʊn/ (UK, US)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /næʊn/ (Australia)
- [næɔ̯n] (Australia)
- [nəu̯n] (Canada, dialectal)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Italic *nōmn̥ Latin nōmen Anglo-Norman noun, non, nombor. Middle English noun English noun Inherited from Middle English noun, from Anglo-Norman noun, non, nom, from Latin nōmen (“name; noun”). The grammatical sense in Latin was a semantic loan from Koine Greek ὄνομα (ónoma). Doublet of name and nomen.
Meanings
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(qualifier:strictly) A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, word, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea: one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.
Records have been broken, races have been dedicated, dreams have been dreamed, starts have been falsed and nouns have been verbed.
2011 September 1, Harry Pearson, “London 2012 can legacy by verbing the noun”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 22 Sep 2024:Communication is a kind of beauty, he said – and “beauty manifests itself from the noun itself, without strawberries on the cake.”
2019 September 24, Jessie Yeung, quoting Pope Francis, “Pope Francis loves nouns but is ‘allergic’ to adjectives”, in CNN, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2019:
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(archaic, broadly) Either a word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality or idea, or a word that modifies or describes a previous word or its referent; a substantive or adjective, sometimes also including other parts of speech such as numeral or pronoun.
The first part of a compound word is either a noun (substantive, adjective, or numeral), an adverb, or a preposition, and in a very few cases a verb.
1852, Leonhard Schmitz, Elementary Latin grammar, Edinburgh, page 123:The parts of which the sentence may consist are either inflected words: the noun (substantive and adjective) and the verb, the participle which shares the nature of both, and the pronoun; or uninflected words: prepositions, adverbs, and conjunctions.
1993, Arthur Anthony Macdonell, A Vedic Grammar For Students, 1st Indian edition, Delhi, page 283:The Parts of Speech are the Noun (Substantive and Adjective), the Pronoun, the Verb, and the Particles (Adverb, Preposition, and Conjunction)[.]
1894, B. L. Gildersleeve, G. Lodge, Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar, Dover, published 2008, page 9:A Noun is a word which serves to name and distinguish some thing; [...]. There are two sorts of nouns; one is called a noun substantive, and the other a noun adjective.
1786, Signor Veneroni, The Complete Italian Master; Containing The best and easiest Rules for attaining that Language, London, page 6:Greek has the following parts of speech: substantives, adjectives, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and particles. In this Grammar noun is used to include both the substantive and the adjective.
1956, Herbert Weir Smyth, Gordon M. Messing, “189. Parts of Speech”, in Greek Grammar, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, page 44:Q. What is a Noun? A. The Name of a Thing. Q. How many Sorts of Nouns are there? [...] A. A Noun Substantive, and a Noun Adjective.
1753, Thomas Martin, An Explanation of the Accidence and Grammar To the End of the Syntax in which The Grounds of each Rule in the Syntax are laid down in the plainest Manner. Compiled By way of Question and Answer, For the Use of Schools., London, page 1:Finally, there are many who limit the parts of speech to the noun, the verb, and the particle; referring to the first, the substantive, the adjective, and the pronoun (including the article), to the second the participle, to the third the remainder.
1856, R. G. Latham, Logic in its application to language, London, page 224:
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An object within a user interface to which a certain action or transformation (i.e., verb) is applied.
Nouns are the data; verbs are the data transformations, and therefore verbs represent much of the complexity of systems.
1992, Brad A. Myers, David C. Smith, Bruce Horn, chapter 19, in Languages for Developing User Interfaces:You choose either (1) the verb (change font) first and then select the noun (the paragraph) to which the verb should apply or (2) the noun first and then apply the verb.
2000, Jeff Raskin, The Humane Interface, page 59:Thus, in essence, the mouse provides a capability for picking among a set of nouns (for instance, the file to which to apply some action) and verbs (such as "edit" or "insert")
2005, Barbara J. Grosz, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, volume 149, number 4:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| nouns | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
post-noun (some may also be hyponyms and should be placed in above section) · nounize (some may also be hyponyms and should be placed in above section) · noun clause (some may also be hyponyms and should be placed in above section) · predicate noun (some may also be hyponyms and should be placed in above section) · numerical noun (some may also be hyponyms and should be placed in above section) · pronoun (some may also be hyponyms and should be placed in above section) · action noun (some may also be hyponyms and should be placed in above section) · phrasal noun (some may also be hyponyms and should be placed in above section) · nounlike (some may also be hyponyms and should be placed in above section) · verbal noun (some may also be hyponyms and should be placed in above section) · nounship (some may also be hyponyms and should be placed in above section) · noun-self pronoun (some may also be hyponyms and should be placed in above section) · invariant noun (some may also be hyponyms and should be placed in above section) · adnoun (some may also be hyponyms and should be placed in above section) · agent noun (some may also be hyponyms and should be placed in above section) · noun numeral (some may also be hyponyms and should be placed in above section) · noun adjunct (some may also be hyponyms and should be placed in above section) · material noun (some may also be hyponyms and should be placed in above section) · nounhood (some may also be hyponyms and should be placed in above section) · noun substantive proper (some may also be hyponyms and should be placed in above section) · noun phrase (some may also be hyponyms and should be placed in above section) · nounself pronoun (some may also be hyponyms and should be placed in above section) · noun of place (some may also be hyponyms and should be placed in above section) · bloody noun (some may also be hyponyms and should be placed in above section) · root-noun (some may also be hyponyms and should be placed in above section) · noun class (some may also be hyponyms and should be placed in above section) · noun modifier (some may also be hyponyms and should be placed in above section) · prenoun (some may also be hyponyms and should be placed in above section) · noncount noun (some may also be hyponyms and should be placed in above section) · bare noun (some may also be hyponyms and should be placed in above section) · noun adjective (some may also be hyponyms and should be placed in above section) · binary noun (some may also be hyponyms and should be placed in above section) · nounal (some may also be hyponyms and should be placed in above section) · nounness (some may also be hyponyms and should be placed in above section) · result noun (some may also be hyponyms and should be placed in above section) · nouny (some may also be hyponyms and should be placed in above section) · nounification (some may also be hyponyms and should be placed in above section) · nounless (some may also be hyponyms and should be placed in above section) · postnoun (some may also be hyponyms and should be placed in above section) · improper noun (some may also be hyponyms and should be placed in above section) · root noun (some may also be hyponyms and should be placed in above section)
Descendants
Holonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
noun of assemblage · nomen loci · nomen rectum · tool noun · attributive noun · collective noun · count noun · adjectival noun · deverbal noun · nomen vicis · non-count noun · agent noun · countable noun · verbal noun · material noun · governing noun · action noun · nomen instrumenti · uncountable noun · diminutive · appellative noun · common noun · concrete noun · common substantive noun · nomen acti · plural noun · abstract noun · governed noun · noun of multitude · uncount noun · numerical noun · numeral noun · nomen patientis · proper noun · nomen regens · mass noun · noun of number
Relateds
countable · plant · Newton · tree · perusal · creation · London · gold · hill · Peter · doer · water · litter · herd · dog · information · swimmer · identifier · massage · audience · mountain · cat · nominal
Synonyms
naming word · nameword · name · substantive noun · noun · noun substantive (sensu stricto) · substantive
Translations (261)
pam palagyu (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · mk именка (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · fa-ira اِسْم (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · et nimisõna (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · oc nom (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · scn sustantivu (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · pap sustantivo (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · cjs небелик (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · az isim (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · fi nomini (grammatical category (broad sense)) · ms kata nama (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · be назо́ўнік (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · ti ስም (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · ckb ناو (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · fi substantiivi (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · fo navnorð (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · cy enw (grammatical category (broad sense)) · id kata benda (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · crh isim (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · ta பெயர்ச்சொல் (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · wa no (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · nn substantiv (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · prs اِسْم (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · as বিশেষ্য পদ (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · km នាម (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · nl substantief (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · la nomen positivum (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · pt substantivo (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · ml നാമം (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · ja 名詞 (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · pl imię (grammatical category (broad sense)) · ilo pangnagan (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · bcl pangngaran (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · my နာမ် (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · mnc ᡤᡝᠪᠰᡠᠨ (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · sa नामन् (grammatical category (broad sense)) · crh ad (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · arz اسم (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · wa sustantif (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · am ስም (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · bg и́ме (grammatical category (broad sense)) · hsb substantiw (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · sl samostalnik (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · hsb wěcownik (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · de Substantivum (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · nb navnord (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · io nomo (grammatical category (broad sense)) · fr nom (grammatical category (broad sense)) · alt адалгыш (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · af selfstandige naamwoord (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · ne नाम (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · la substantivum (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · qu sutirimana (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · ceb pungan (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · an sustantibo (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · gl substantivo (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · ks नावुत (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · ur اِسْم (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · la substantivum nomen (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · mn жинхэнэ нэр (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · lv substantīvs (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · se substantiiva (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · es nombre substantivo (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · ur نام (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · la nōmen (grammatical category (broad sense)) · uz ot (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · de Nomen (grammatical category (broad sense)) · ro nume (grammatical category (broad sense)) · nan-hbl 名詞 /名词 (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · lv lietvārds (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · lo ຄຳນາມ (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · tk at (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · da substantiv (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · fy haadwurd (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · de Nennwort (grammatical category (broad sense)) · ug نام (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · uk іме́нник (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · it nome (grammatical category (broad sense)) · de Dingwort (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · sh ime (grammatical category (broad sense)) · pam palagyu (grammatical category (broad sense)) · ps اسم (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · tl pangngalan (grammatical category (broad sense)) · af naamwoord (grammatical category (broad sense)) · it sostantivo (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · is nafnorð (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · mi kupuingoa (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · pl rzeczownik (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · sq emër (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · cs jméno (grammatical category (broad sense)) · sh и̏меница (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · lb Substantiv (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · ang nama (grammatical category (broad sense)) · ta பெயர்ச்சொல் (grammatical category (broad sense)) · wa kimon no (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · ks ناوُت (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · ps نوم (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · gl nome (grammatical category (broad sense)) · mnc ᡤᡝᠪᡠᠩᡤᡝ ᡥᡝᡵᡤᡝᠨ (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · ba исем (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · sk meno (grammatical category (broad sense)) · ug ئات (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · ss libito (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · pam panglagyu (grammatical category (broad sense)) · vi danh từ (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · ota اسم (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · zza name (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · el ουσιαστικό (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · gsw Substantiv (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · arc שמא (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · da navneord (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · sga ainmm (grammatical category (broad sense)) · ks ناوُت (grammatical category (broad sense)) · nb substantiv (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · hu névszó (grammatical category (broad sense)) · lt daiktavardis (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · mn нэр үг (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · tr ad (grammatical category (broad sense)) · es nombre (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · la nomen substantivum (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · uz ism (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · ta பெயர் (grammatical category (broad sense)) · sk substantívum (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · ko 명사 (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · haw haʻiinoa (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · nb nomen (grammatical category (broad sense)) · tt исем (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · sh ȉmenica (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · ota آد (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · sv substantiv (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · os номдар (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · cmn 名詞 /名词 (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · ka არსებითი სახელი (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · jv ꦠꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦸꦁꦲꦫꦤ꧀ (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · sv nomen (grammatical category (broad sense)) · et nimisõna (grammatical category (broad sense)) · sv tingord (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · hak 名詞 /名词 (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · zu ibizo (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · fr substantif (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · gd ainmear (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · te నామవాచకము (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · shn ႁိၵ်ႈ (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · nn namnord (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · tr ad (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · grc ὄνομα (grammatical category (broad sense)) · chr ᏚᏙᎥᎢ (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · or ବିଶେଷ୍ୟ (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · as বিশেষ্য (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · dsb wěcownik (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · pa نان٘وَ (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · cs podstatné jméno (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · fr nom (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · ee nuŋkɔ (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · tl pangngalan (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · sco noun (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · az ad (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · de Hauptwort (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · hu főnév (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · gu સંજ્ઞા (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · vec nòme (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · rue назывник (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · pt nome (grammatical category (broad sense)) · ia substantivo (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · cs substantivum (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · de Hauptnennwort (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · su kecap barang (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · sa नाम (grammatical category (broad sense)) · el όνομα (grammatical category (broad sense)) · id kata nama (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · pa ਨਾਂਵ (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · bn বিশেষ্য (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · mt nom (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · de Selbstwort (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · es nombre sustantivo (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · enm noun (grammatical category (broad sense)) · nl zelfstandig naamwoord (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · tg исм (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · id nomina (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · ru и́мя существи́тельное (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · kw hanow (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · nv yízhí (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · fy haadnamme (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · ta பெயர் (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · kk зат есім (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · sw jina (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · csb jistnik (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · de Namenwort (grammatical category (broad sense)) · th คำนาม (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · ka სახელი (grammatical category (broad sense)) · sw nomino (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · ro substantiv (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · ce цӏердош (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · wa no (grammatical category (broad sense)) · eu izen (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · yi סובסטאַנטיוו (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · tr isim (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · ar اِسْم (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · cy enw (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · hi नाम (grammatical category (broad sense)) · arc ܫܡܐ (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · pa شَے (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · ga ainmfhocal (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · bo མིང་ཚིག (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · hu név (grammatical category (broad sense)) · yue 名詞 /名词 (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · goh namo (grammatical category (broad sense)) · ky зат атооч (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · lo ນາມ (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · kmr navdêr (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · sh nomen (grammatical category (broad sense)) · eo substantivo (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · kn ನಾಮಪದ (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · mr नाम (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · ga ainm (grammatical category (broad sense)) · th นาม (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · it nome sostantivo (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · hi संज्ञा (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · io substantivo (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · tet substantivu (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · bcl pangngaran (grammatical category (broad sense)) · gmh nam (grammatical category (broad sense)) · si නාම පදය (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · vo subsat (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · bg съществи́телно (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · cv япала ячӗ (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · dsb substantiw (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · he שֵׁם (grammatical category (broad sense)) · bg съществи́телно и́ме (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · ar اِسْم الذَّات (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · myv лемвал (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · br anv-kadarn (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · si නාමය (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · ca substantiu (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · tpi nem bilong samting (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · pam panglagyu (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · ast sustantivu (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · hy գոյական (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · ha suna (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · ru и́мя (grammatical category (broad sense)) · enm noun substantyf (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · fa نام (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · id substantif (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · ru существи́тельное (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · ms kata bilang (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · he שֵׁם עֶצֶם (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · nl naamwoord (grammatical category (broad sense)) · pon naun (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · nds-de Substantiv (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · ug ئىسىم (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · fr nom substantif (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · de Gegenstandswort (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · sk podstatné meno (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · rsk меновнїк (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · da navneord (grammatical category (broad sense)) · tr isim (grammatical category (broad sense)) · fi nimisana (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · de Substantiv (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · bua юумэнэй нэрэ (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · yo ọ̀rọ̀-orúkọ (grammatical category (narrow sense)) · kl taggit (grammatical category (narrow sense))