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Meaning of "noun" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD NOUN

Via Anglo-French from Latin nōmenname.
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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 NOUN

noun  [naʊn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NOUN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Noun 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 NOUN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Noun

Nouns are a part of speech typically denoting a person, place, thing, animal or idea. In linguistics, a noun is a member of a large, open lexical category whose members can occur as the main word in the subject of a clause, the object of a verb, or the object of a preposition. Lexical categories are defined in terms of the ways in which their members combine with other kinds of expressions. The syntactic rules for nouns differ from language to language. In English, nouns are those words which can occur with articles and attributive adjectives and can function as the head of a noun phrase.

Definition of noun in the English dictionary

The definition of noun in the dictionary is a word or group of words that refers to a person, place, or thing or any syntactically similar word.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NOUN


breakdown
ˈbreɪkˌdaʊn
Bridgetown
ˈbrɪdʒˌtaʊn
brown
braʊn
Chinatown
ˈtʃaɪnəˌtaʊn
clown
klaʊn
countdown
ˈkaʊntˌdaʊn
crown
kraʊn
down
daʊn
downtown
ˈdaʊnˈtaʊn
Georgetown
ˈdʒɔːdʒˌtaʊn
gown
ɡaʊn
midtown
ˈmɪdˌtaʊn
out-of-town
ˌaʊtəvˈtaʊn
Provincetown
ˈprɒvɪnsˌtaʊn
showdown
ˈʃəʊˌdaʊn
shutdown
ˈʃʌtˌdaʊn
sit-down
ˈsɪtdaʊn
takedown
ˈteɪkdaʊn
town
taʊn
upside-down
ˌʌpsaɪdˈdaʊn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NOUN

noughties
noughts and crosses
nould
noumena
noumenal
noumenalism
noumenalist
noumenality
noumenally
noumenon
noun clause
noun phrase
nounal
nounally
nounless
nouny
noup
nourice
nourish
nourishable

WORDS THAT END LIKE NOUN

abstract noun
boun
Cameroun
collective noun
common noun
countable noun
disjunctive pronoun
doun
mass noun
personal pronoun
possessive pronoun
pronoun
proper noun
reflexive pronoun
relative pronoun
singular noun
subject pronoun
toun
uncountable noun
verbal noun

Synonyms and antonyms of noun in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «noun» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NOUN

Find out the translation of noun to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of noun from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «noun» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

名词
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sustantivo
570 millions of speakers

English

noun
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

संज्ञा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اسْمٌ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

существительное
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

substantivo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিশেষ্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nom
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kata nama
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hauptwort
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

名詞
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

명사
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tembung
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

danh từ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெயர்ச்சொல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नाम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

isim
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sostantivo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rzeczownik
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

іменник
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

substantiv
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ουσιαστικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

naamwoord
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

substantiv
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

substantiv
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of noun

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NOUN»

The term «noun» is very widely used and occupies the 15.208 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of noun
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «noun».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NOUN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «noun» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «noun» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «NOUN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word noun.
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David Agus
We talk about cancer as a noun, as if it's a one time event: 'I've got cancer.'
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Barbara de Angelis
Marriage is not a noun; it's a verb. It isn't something you get. It's something you do. It's the way you love your partner every day.
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Mary Daly
Why indeed must 'God' be a noun? Why not a verb - the most active and dynamic of all.
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Robert Downey, Jr.
I think that we all do heroic things, but hero is not a noun, it's a verb.
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Richard Flanagan
I believe in the verb, not the noun - I am not a writer, but someone compelled to write.
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Nick Frost
I wanted to write rather than do anything else. But 'cause I left school at 15, I didn't know what a noun was, still don't.
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R. Buckminster Fuller
God is a verb, not a noun.
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Martha Graham
Theater is a verb before it is a noun, an act before it is a place.
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bell hooks
But love is really more of an interactive process. It's about what we do not just what we feel. It's a verb, not a noun.
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Walter Murch
There are many, many nouns for the act of looking - a glance, a glimpse, a peep - but there's no noun for the act of listening. In general, we don't think primarily about sound. So I have a different perspective on the world; I can construct soundscapes that have an effect on people, but they don't know why. It's a sort of subterfuge.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NOUN»

Discover the use of noun in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to noun and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Noun Phrase in the Generative Perspective
Biographical note: Artemis Alexiadou, University of Stuttgart, Germany; Liliane Haegeman, Angellier-Université Lille/CNRS, France; Melita Stavrou, University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Artemis Alexiadou, Liliane M. V. Haegeman, Melita Stavrou, 2007
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Noun Classes and Categorization: Proceedings of a Symposium ...
This volume is about the nature of categories in cognition and the relevance of these in language description, especially classifier systems.
Colette Grinevald Craig, 1986
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Noun Phrases and Nominalizations: The Syntax of DPs
This book targets researchers in theoretical linguistics and comparative syntax. Alongside theoretical and cross-linguistic findings, the book also offers an abundant source of insights into Hebrew nominal expressions.
Tal SIloni, 1997
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Lessons on the Noun Phrase in English: From Representation ...
"Based on Guillaume's theory of the word,... proposes a word-based analysis of the mental operations involved in producing a noun phrase, starting with representing the speaker's message, then relating the words, and finishing with ...
W. H. Hirtle, 2009
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The Elliptical Noun Phrase in English: Structure and Use: ...
This book presents a detailed analysis of structural as well as pragmatic aspects underlying the phenomenon of noun ellipsis in English.
Christine Günther, 2013
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Accountability...a Noun Or a Verb?
Richard Cassidy's Accountability: A Noun or a Verb? takes the simple premise of 'we are all accountable for our behavior' and explores the significant relationship between accountability and our personal and professional successes.
Richard L. Cassidy, 2006
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Noun-modifying Constructions in Japanese: A Frame-semantic ...
As the first comprehensive and systematic study in English of Japanese NMCs with diverse lexical heads, this work is further notable for its detailed discussion of the dependence of NMCs on both linguistic and extra-linguistic context.
Yoshiko Matsumoto, 1997
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Accessing Noun-Phrase Antecedents (RLE Linguistics B: Grammar)
This book offers a radical shift in the analysis of discourse anaphora, from a purely pragmatic account to a cognitive account, in terms of processing procedures.
Mira Ariel, 2014
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Movement of Noun Phrases in English Syntax
Seminar paper from the year 2001 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2,0, University of Cologne, 2 Literaturquellen entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Goal of this piece of ...
Lars Berghaus, 2007
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Noun Phrase Structure in the Languages of Europe
The result of over five years of close collaboration among an international group of leading typologists within the EUROTYP program, this volume is about the morphology and syntax of the noun phrase.
Frans Plank, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NOUN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term noun is used in the context of the following news items.
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GOOD MORNING! Turning a noun into a verb
That term — kiosking — turns a noun into a verb. The standard definition of the original word refers to a small store, usually found inside ... «Sierra Vista Herald, Jul 15»
2
Safety Pins and Other Dangerous Inventions
The Sex Pistols' sole album, “Never Mind the Bollocks” (1977), provoked a court case over the public display of its noun, which Mr. Lydon, ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
3
Eminem spits 6-minute freestyle rap on Trump, Cosby, Caitlyn, more
possessive like a noun with an apostrophe. I'd probably stalk broccoli." The whole thing can be absorbed in its entirety at Genius. «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
4
Time we treated our elders with a lot more respect, says JAN …
Caroline Abrahams, director of Age UK, explains that while frailty is used as a noun by the medical profession, “for many older people, it feels ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»
5
Teenagers take on science fiction worlds in two local series: CNY …
Each chapter sees the frog tackling a different part of speech, Etzel explained, interacting with characters such the Noun Wizard and the Verb ... «Syracuse.com, Jul 15»
6
Nailing Dry July: Week 4
CLARITY (noun) . . . the quality of being coherent and intelligible. INTOXICATED (verb) . . . cause to lose control of one's faculties or behaviour. «Perth Now, Jul 15»
7
A rort of Bronwyns or a hide of Bishops?
... appropriate collective noun for this shambles. The bookies couldn't get a cigarette paper between a rort of Bronwyns and a hide of Bishops. «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
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Parody of ABC's Q&A asks politicians questions Australians really …
Brisbane-based sketch comedy group Collective Noun have put it to Australia's politicians in a new video for their mock up TV episode of ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
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Not boxed in — Ki Chong Tran can take a punch
“Tuk tuk drivers [from the crowd] recognized me afterwards, because I had fought Noun Sorya. Like they would say something like, 'Hey you ... «Northwest Asian Weekly, Jul 15»
10
Free Therapy # 66: Hurt People Hurt People
Adjective-noun-verb-noun where one word (hurt) is used in two ways to convey simply and eloquently the core cause of most human conflict. «A News Cafe, Jul 15»

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