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Meaning of "adnoun" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ADNOUN

From Latin ad to + noun, formed on the model of adverb.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ADNOUN

adnoun  [ˈædnaʊn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ADNOUN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Adnoun is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ADNOUN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Adnoun

In linguistics, an adnoun is a kind of lexical category. In English, it is a word that is usually an adjective, but is being used as a noun. The origin of the word is thought to date to around 1745-1755. Examples: ▪ "guide-dogs for the blind", "blind" is an adnoun because it stands in for the noun phrase "blind people" ▪ "tax cuts for the rich", "rich" is an adnoun because it stands in for the noun phrase "rich people" Often these usages are simply identified as the noun form of the word.

Definition of adnoun in the English dictionary

The definition of adnoun in the dictionary is an adjective used as a noun; absolute adjective.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ADNOUN


breakdown
ˈbreɪkˌdaʊn
Bridgetown
ˈbrɪdʒˌtaʊn
brown
braʊn
clown
klaʊn
countdown
ˈkaʊntˌdaʊn
crown
kraʊn
down
daʊn
downtown
ˈdaʊnˈtaʊn
Georgetown
ˈdʒɔːdʒˌtaʊn
gown
ɡaʊn
noun
naʊn
out-of-town
ˌaʊtəvˈtaʊn
pronoun
ˈprəʊˌnaʊn
Provincetown
ˈprɒvɪnsˌtaʊn
renown
rɪˈnaʊn
showdown
ˈʃəʊˌdaʊn
shutdown
ˈʃʌtˌdaʊn
sit-down
ˈsɪtdaʊn
takedown
ˈteɪkdaʊn
town
taʊn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ADNOUN

admonition
admonitive
admonitor
admonitorily
admonitory
ADN
adnascent
adnate
adnation
adnexa
adnexal
adnominal
ado
adobe
adobe flat
adobelike
adobo
adolescence
adolescent
adolescently

WORDS THAT END LIKE ADNOUN

abstract noun
collective noun
common noun
concrete noun
count noun
countable noun
disjunctive pronoun
indefinite pronoun
mass noun
personal pronoun
possessive pronoun
proper noun
reflexive pronoun
relative pronoun
singular noun
subject pronoun
uncountable noun
verbal noun

Synonyms and antonyms of adnoun in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «adnoun» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ADNOUN

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The translations of adnoun from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «adnoun» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

adnoun
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

adnoun
570 millions of speakers

English

adnoun
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

adnoun
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

adnoun
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

adnoun
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

adnoun
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

adnoun
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

adnoun
220 millions of speakers

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Adnoun
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

adnoun
180 millions of speakers

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adnoun
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

adnoun
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Adnoun
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

adnoun
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெயரடை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Adnoun
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

adnoun
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

adnoun
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

adnoun
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

adnoun
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

adnoun
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

adnoun
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

adnoun
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

adnoun
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

adnoun
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of adnoun

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ADNOUN»

The term «adnoun» is used very little and occupies the 188.247 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ADNOUN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about adnoun

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ADNOUN»

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A grammar of the French tongue: with a prefatory discourse ...
Tout, being adnoun, must be repeated before each noun of Which it can be said, especially if they are of different genders : as Je suis avec toute I'ardeur, & tout le respeft pojstble, &c. I am with all possible zeal and respect, &c. (a) 8°. ghielque ...
Louis Chambaud, 1775
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A Reference Grammar of Japanese
An underlying minor juncture separates the adnoun from the noun it modifies, but the juncture may drop in set phrases, which sometimes sound as if they were single lexical items: wa'-ga kuni 'our country' (wagakuni), wa-ga tomo 'my/our ...
Samuel Elmo Martin, 2004
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Grammar of the French tongue ...
Tout, being adnoun,. must be repeated before each noun of "which it can be said, especially if they are of different genders ; as °se Juis avec toute V ar dew, & tout U respeii possible, &c. I am, with all possible zeal and respect, &c. (a) 8°.
Louis Chambaud, 1779
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A practical grammar of the Greek Tongue etc. [By John Milner.]
104. GREEK RUDIMENTS. The Second Comard. THE Nounl and Adnoun agree in GENDER 7, NUMBER" and CASE, as, Wine-8; &wi/1 sies'i much' aiyaSSv', Menand. But I) a plural adnoun of any gensder frequently turns its noun into a ...
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Popular and Complete English Dictionary: Exhibiting the ...
Now, it will be observed that the adnoun, in English, is the same for the different genders, and for what is of no gender, consequently the adnoun in English is not inflected to represent gender. But in Latin one might write Homines magni (great  ...
John Boag, 1848
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An introduction to English grammar
It requires an adnoun, and consequently a noun which is served by that adnoun, or in other words, it requires an entire sentence to complete its meaning. " We talk , that you may be amused." A conjunction or connective particle, not only ...
Hugh Doherty, 1841
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Grammatical primer: comprising the outlines of the ...
As it is supplemental to a noun, we should call it an Adnoun.f Any word that modifies a noun, in its character as such,} is an Adnoun. Any word, therefore, that takes an adnoun's place, is an adnoun ; as, These } Strong "i The > men. JFise > men ...
Walton Felch, 1841
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A Practical Grammar of the Greek Tongue: Wherein All the ...
The Second Concord. The Noun ' and Adnoun agree in Gender2, Number1 and Case, as, xp-i<rh dvijp tft xowv d- y*&v*, Menand. But i) a plural adnoun of any gender frequently turns its noun into a genitive 3 with the article, as, tuv dvfyav Tclg ...
John Milner, 1734
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A popular and complete English dictionary
This is my father's picture. INFLECTION OF ADNOUNS. The inflection of an adnoun In English is exceed- ceedltigly simple when compared with what it is in other languages. In Latin, for instance, one might write Homo magnus (a great man), ...
John Boag, 1848
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The Rudiments of the French Tongue, Or An Essay and Rational ...
I, 0/ the CoustruBion of the Articlfl, Noun, and Adnoun. lo. F I ^HE Article and Adnoun agree with the Noun (2) ingen- . ' der and number : as Le beau Prince, the handsome Prince. La belle Princejse, the handsome Princess. Les bonnes Lois ...
Louis Chambaud, 1790

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ADNOUN»

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Moroccan visitors earn of UK's democracy and Magna Carta in …
... Saadaouli of the Popular Movement Party and Khalid Adnoun, an advisor to the speaker, and elders of the town's Moroccan community. «Wiltshire Times, Feb 15»

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