Definition/Meaning of noun

• English - Noun: noun ( plural nouns ) ( grammar , sensu stricto ) A word that can be used to refer to a person , animal , place , thing , phenomenon , substance , quality , or idea; one of the basic parts of speech in many languages , including English . (Can we clean up (+) this sense?) ( grammar , sensu lato ) A name of a thing . Either a noun substantive , which can stand alone and does not require another…
• English - Verb: noun ( third-person singular simple present nouns , present participle nouning , simple past and past participle nouned ) ( transitive ) To convert a word to a noun . 1992 , Lewis Acrelius Froman, Language and Power: Books III , IV , and V For example , that females are different from but equal to males is oxymoronic by virtue of the nouned status of female and male as kinds of persons . 2000 ,…
• English - Etymology: From Anglo-Norman noun , non , nom , from Latin nōmen ( “ name ” ).
• English - Pronunciation: ( UK , US ) IPA (key) : /naʊn/ ( Southern American English ): IPA (key) : /næːn/ Rhymes: -aʊn
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