Noun

Definitions: Noun

Noun

1. A word that can be used to refer to a person or place or thing.

2. A word that can serve as the subject or object of a verb.

Date "noun" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Etymology: Noun \Noun\, noun. [Old French expression noun, nun, num, non, nom, French nom, from the Latin expression nomen name. See Name.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: Noun

Domain	Definitions
Slang	Sex at noon, the person involved in a nooner. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Noun

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Simple English

A noun is perhaps the most fundamental of the parts of speech. Nouns occur in sentences in two different ways: as subjects (performers of action), or objects (recipients of action); in the sentence "John wrote me a letter", "John" is a subject, and "me" and "letter" are objects. Common wisdom has it that a noun is the name of a "person, place, or thing".

Nouns are classified into proper nouns (e.g. "Janet"), common nouns (e.g. "girl"), and pronouns (e.g. "she" and "which").

A proper noun (also called proper name) is a noun which denotes a unique entity. The meaning of a proper noun, outside of what it references, is frequently arbitrary or irrelevant (for example, someone might be named Tiger Smith despite being neither a tiger nor a smith). Because of this, they are often not translated between languages, although they may be transliterated--for example, the German surname "Knödel" becomes "Knoedel" in English, as opposed to "Dumpling".

Proper nouns are capitalized in English and most or all other languages that use the Latin alphabet; this is one easy way to recognize them. Note however that in German all types of nouns are capitalized. Also, in English, trademarks (e.g. "Dumpster" and "Kleenex") and words derived from proper nouns (e.g. "Aristotelian") are also capitalized; this phenomenon is probably a vestige of English's Germanic roots, and does not occur in Romance languages. The word "I", although capitalized in English and apparently refering to a unique object, is actually a pronoun.

Sometimes the same word can appear as both a common noun and a proper noun, where one such entity is special; for example:

there can be many gods, but there is only one God.
there can be many internets (networks of TCP/IP networks), but the largest internet in the world is the Internet.

Some languages, such as Toki Pona, classify proper names as adjectives that modify a generic noun. Shades of this are found in the English language in phrases like "English language".

A mass noun is a type of common noun that represents a substance not easily quantified by a number. Mass nouns do not require limiting modifiers ("an", "two", "several", "many", etc.) and are not normally pluralized. Examples from English include "cheese", "laughter", and "precision".

Examples of nouns:

Janet is the name of a girl.
Whistling off-key is annoying to me, but not to everybody.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
The World Wide Web has become the least expensive way to publish information.

See also

Name.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Noun."

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Synonyms within Context: Noun

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Nomenclature	Term, expression, noun;byword; convertible terms; technical term; cant.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Noun

English words defined with "noun": ablative absolute, Adnominal, adnoun, adverb, Amicable numbers, appellative, apposition, Aptote, article ♦ -ate ♦ attributively, Azoic age ♦ Be ♦ call, cease, classifying adjective, Common noun, Construct form, count noun ♦ dependent, dependent clause, descriptive adjective, descriptive clause, determinative, determiner, deverbal noun, Diptote ♦ -ence, -ency ♦ endocentric, enormity ♦ -et ♦ gerund ♦ head, hendiadys, Heteroclite, Heterosis ♦ Imparisyllabic, Indecinable, Infinitive mood, instantiate ♦ -ion, -ist ♦ It ♦ -let ♦ Like figures ♦ -ling ♦ mass noun, Mine, modifier, Monoptote, much ♦ Nominalize, nominative, nonrestrictive clause, noun phrase, Noun substantive, Nounal, Nounize ♦ -or, -ory ♦ Part of speech, Pentaptote, Pluralize, Postpliocene, practically, precede, predate, preposition, Pro-, pronoun, proper name, Proper nectary, proper noun ♦ qualifier, qualifying adjective ♦ relational adjective, Reluctancy, restrictive clause ♦ Sotho, subordinate, subordinate clause, substantival, substantive, Substantively ♦ Tetraptote, That, This, To, To help up, Triptote ♦ ultimate, Un- ♦ Verbal noun, vocative, vocative case ♦ Weak, Which. (references)

Specialty definitions using "noun": Abracadabra, air-space, Alms, Ambiguity, Article redundant ♦ Can't and Couldn't, chemotherapeutics, Collective Noun, Collective Nouns, Cut a Dash ♦ Da Kine, dogfood, Double Possessives ♦ Frag ♦ General Public Licence, gritch ♦ Hammelech, haque, Hutkin ♦ Jil ♦ LERP ♦ munge ♦ neep-neep, None ♦ Odds, Oignement de Bretaigne, Omission, Omit "of", Omit the possessive ♦ Plentiful, Plenty ♦ Riches ♦ salt substrate, schlepp, Sheep-market, surface case ♦ To ♦ With. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Noun

Domain	Title
Books	Article & Noun in English (Janua Linguarum, Series Practica, No 104) (reference) Noun Hounds and Other Great Grammar Games (Grades 3-6) (reference) Postmodifying Clauses in the English Noun Phrase: A Corpus-Based Study (Language and Computers: Studies in Practical Linguistics, No 3) (reference) The Noun in Biblical Armenian: Origin and Word Formation: With Special Emphasis on the Indo-European Heritage (Trends in Linguistics) (reference) The Raising of Predicates : Predicative Noun Phrases and the Theory of Clause Structure (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Noun (reference) (more periodical examples)
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Use in Literature: Noun

Title	Author	Quote
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	Then he asked Jack Lawton to decline the noun mare and Jack Lawton stopped at the ablative singular and could not go on with the plural.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Noun

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Cameroon	Nationality: English noun and adjective--Cameroonian(s); French noun and adjective--Camerounais(e). (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	ABRACADABRA. By Abracadabra we signify An infinite number of things. 'Tis the answer to What? and How? and Why? And Whence? and Whither? -- a word whereby The Truth (with the comfort it brings) Is open to all who grope in night, Crying for Wisdom's holy light. Whether the word is a verb or a noun Is knowledge beyond my reach. I only know that 'tis handed down. From sage to sage, From age to age -- An immortal part of speech! Of an ancient man the tale is told That he lived to be ten centuries old, In a cave on a mountain side. (True, he finally died.) The fame of his wisdom filled the land, For his head was bald, and you'll understand His beard was long and white And his eyes uncommonly bright. Philosophers gathered from far and near To sit at his feat and hear and hear, Though he never was heard To utter a word But "Abracadabra, abracadab, Abracada, abracad, Abraca, abrac, abra, ab!" 'Twas all he had, 'Twas all they wanted to hear, and each Made copious notes of the mystical speech, Which they published next -- A trickle of text In the meadow of commentary. Mighty big books were these, In a number, as leaves of trees; In learning, remarkably -- very! He's dead, As I said, And the books of the sages have perished, But his wisdom is sacredly cherished. In Abracadabra it solemnly rings, Like an ancient bell that forever swings. O, I love to hear That word make clear Humanity's General Sense of Things. Jamrach Holobom
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Usage Frequency: Noun

"Noun" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.83% of the time. "Noun" is used about 586 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	99.83%	585	10,828
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	0.17%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	586	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Noun

The following table summarizes the usage of "noun" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Noun	Last name	130	55,194
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Noun

Expressions using "noun": abstract noun ♦ collective noun ♦ common noun ♦ concrete noun ♦ count noun ♦ deverbal noun ♦ feminine noun ♦ masculine noun ♦ mass noun ♦ neuter noun ♦ noun phrase ♦ noun substantive ♦ possessed noun ♦ predicate noun ♦ proper noun ♦ verbal noun. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "noun": noun-adjective, noun-based, noun-expressions, noun-name, noun-noun, noun-per-word, noun-phrases, noun-with-name.
	Ending with "noun": compound-noun, name-noun, non-noun, noun-noun.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Noun

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
noun	237	definition noun	6
collective noun	76	spanish noun	6
proper noun	34	adjective noun	5
clause noun	30	list noun	5
noun plural	30	countable noun	5
noun possessive	20	french noun	4
abstract noun	19	activity noun	4
noun verb	19	common noun proper	4
noun worksheets	15	free noun worksheets	4
common noun	15	forming noun suffix	4
compound noun	14	case noun	4
noun lesson plan	13	kind noun	4
the noun phrase	12	grammar noun	4
noun pronoun	10	game noun	4
gender noun	9	noun plural singular	4
concrete noun	9	classical declension latin noun third	4
noun predicate	8	noun singular	4
adjective noun verb	8	complement english grammar in noun	4
noun type	7	count noun	4
countable noun uncountable	7	latin noun	4
noun possesive	7	irregular noun plural	4
adjective adverb noun verb	6
		irregular noun plural	4
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Modern Translations: Noun

Language		Translations for "noun"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		emër (appellation, character, denomination, eminence, fame, first name, forename, Mark, name, notoriety, reputation, savor, savour, substantive, title). (various references)

Arabic		‏الإ سم (name). (various references)

Basque		sustantibo (substantive). (various references)

Bulgarian		съществително. (various references)

Chinese		名詞 , 名词. (various references)

Czech		podstatné jméno (substantive). (various references)

Dutch		zelfstandig naamwoord (substantive), substantief (substantive). (various references)

Esperanto		substantivo (substantive). (various references)

Faeroese		navnorð (substantive). (various references)

Farsi		موصوف , نام (Fame, Name, Nomenclature, Renown, Title), اسم (Asthma, Designation, Name, Title). (various references)

Finnish		nimisana, substantiivi (substantive). (various references)

French		nom (nomen). (various references)

Frisian		haadwurd (substantive). (various references)

German		Substantiv (n, substantive, substantively), Hauptwort (substantive). (various references)

Greek		ουσιαστικό (substantive). (various references)

Hebrew		שם עצם, שם (denomination, name, reputation, repute, there, thither, title, yonder). (various references)

Hungarian		főnév (diminutive, substantive, substantive noun). (various references)

Indonesian		kata benda (nominal). (various references)

Irish		ainmfhocal (substantive). (various references)

Italian		nominale (nominal, rated, reputations, title, titles, titular), nome (appellation, Christian name, first name, forename, given name, name, nickname, title), sostantivo (substantive). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		名詞 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		めいし (business card, celebrity, clarity of vision, personage). (various references)

Korean		명사 (substantive). (various references)

Manx		ennymockle, ennym (designation, epithet, figurehead, name, title of book). (various references)

Occitan		substantiu (substantive). (various references)

Papiamen		sustantivo (substantive). (various references)

Pig Latin		ounnay

Portuguese		substantivo (substantival, substantive). (various references)

Romanian		nume (appellation, denomination, fame, name, patronymic, style, surname), substantiv (name, substantive). (various references)

Russian		существительное. (various references)

Scottish		dh� (prep.pron. to him, two, when not to be followed by a noun), air (about, after, on, prep. after; precedes v.n. with the force of the Eng. past, prep. before; precedes asp.con. of noun in idiomatic, prep.pron. on him; carries the accent, upon). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		imenica (substantive), imenički (substantival). (various references)

Spanish		substantivo (substantive), nombre (appellation, Christian name, cognomen, first name, forename, given name, name, nomen). (various references)

Swedish		substantiv (substantive). (various references)

Thai		นาม. (various references)

Turkish		isim (appellation, character, denomination, designation, first name, forename, given name, moniker, name, record, repute, substantive, title), ísím (appellation, name, substantive), ad (appellation, denomination, denotation, designation, fame, first name, given name, moniker, name, reputation, repute, substantive, title). (various references)

Ukranian		ім'я (appellation, appellative, denomination, forename, name), іменник (appellative, name, substantive). (various references)

Welsh		enw (appellation, name). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Noun

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	nomen, nomenque, nomina, nomine, nomini, nominibus, nominis, nominum, vocabula, vocabulis, vocabulo, vocabulorum, vocabulum. (various references)
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Bible Trace: Noun

Language	Date	Source	Luke Chapter 24, Verse 45
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Tote dihnoixen autwn ton noun tou sunienai taV grafaV
Latin	405	Vulgate	Tunc aperuit illis sensum ut intellegerent scripturas
Old English	990	West Saxon	þa atynde he him andgyt þæt hig ongeton halige gewritu
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Thanne he openyde to hem wit, that thei schulden vnderstonde scripturis.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	Then openned he their wyttes that they myght vnderstond the scriptures
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Then he opened their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Then he made the holy Writings clear to their minds.
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Matched Bible Translations: Noun

Language	Luke Chapter 24, Verse 45
Cebuano	Ug iyang gibuksan ang ilang mga salabutan aron makatukib sila sa mga kasulatan,
Chinese	於是耶穌開他們的心竅、使他們能明白聖 �" ．
Croatian	Tada im otvori pamet da razumiju Pisma
Danish	Da oplod han deres Forstand til at forstå Skrifterne.
Dutch	Toen opende Hij hun verstand, opdat zij de Schriften verstonden.
Finnish	Silloin hän avasi heidän ymmärryksensä käsittämään kirjoitukset.
French	Alors il leur ouvrit l`esprit, afin qu`ils comprissent les Écritures.
German	Da öffnete er ihnen das Verständnis, daß sie die Schrift verstanden,
Haitian Creole	Lè sa a, li louvri lespri yo pou yo te ka konprann tou sa ki te ekri nan Liv yo.
Hungarian	Akkor megnyilatkoztatá az õ elméjöket, hogy értsék az írásokat.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Kemudian Yesus membuka pikiran mereka untuk mengerti maksud Alkitab.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Lalu dibukakan-Nya akal mereka itu, supaya mengerti Alkitab,
Italian	Allora aprì loro la mente all'intelligenza delle Scritture e disse:
Maori	Katahi ia ka whakamakoha i o ratou hinengaro, kia matau ai ki nga karaipiture,
Norwegian	Da oplot han deres forstand, så de kunde forstå skriftene.
Portuguese	Então lhes abriu o entendimento para compreenderem as Escrituras;
Rumanian	Atunci le -a deschis mintea, ca sq knyeleagq Scripturile.
Russian	фПЗ�"Б ПФЧЕТЪ ЙН ХН Л ХТБЪХНЕОЙА рЙУБОЙК.
Shuar	Nuyá Yus-Papinium aarman jintintiawarmiayi.
Swahili	Kisha, akaziangazia akili zao ili wapate kuelewa Maandiko Matakatifu.
Swedish	Därefter öppnade han deras sinnen, så att de förstodo skrifterna.
Uma	Oti toe, nanotohi nono-ra bona rapaha ihi' Buku Tomoroli'.
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Derivations & Misspellings: Noun

Derivations
	Words beginning with "noun": nounal, nounally, nounless, nouns. (additional references)
	Words ending with "noun": adnoun, pronoun. (additional references)
	Words containing "noun": adnouns, announce, announced, announcement, announcements, announcer, announcers, announces, announcing, denounce, denounced, denouncement, denouncements, denouncer, denouncers, denounces, denouncing, enounce, enounced, enounces, enouncing, mispronounce, mispronounced, mispronounces, mispronouncing, monounsaturate, monounsaturated, monounsaturates, preannounce, preannounced, preannounces, preannouncing, pronounce, pronounceabilities, pronounceability, pronounceable, pronounced, pronouncedly, pronouncement, pronouncements, pronouncer, pronouncers, pronounces, pronouncing, pronouns, renounce, renounced, renouncement, renouncements, renouncer, renouncers. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Noun" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: anoun, anoup, eoun, Inouk, ioun, joun, namn, nanu, nanum, Naquen, nau, Naum, naun, neu, neuen, Neum, Neun, Ngoua, nguni, Nhon, nhu, Niu, niun, Nkoua, Nnuh, noan, Nobu, noen, noin, nonl, nooh, noond, noonr, norn, nou, noua, noue, noul, nound, noune, nount, nouny, nour, nouv, noux, Nouy, nouz, Novum, nowu, nuan, nubuk, nuin, nunc, nund, nuni, nuno, nunu, nuo, Nuu, nuun, nvu, nyundo, Nyup, onin, oninn, onjune, Onon, onuf, oun, snoun. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Noun"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "noun" (pronounced nou"n)
3	n ou" n	renown.
2	-ou" n	around, Brown, clown, crown, down, drown, facedown, frown, gown, lown, town, uptown.
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Anagrams: Noun

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "n-n-o-u"
	-1 letter: nun.
	-2 letters: no, nu, on, un.
	Words containing the letters "n-n-o-u"
	+1 letter: nouns, union, unwon.
	+2 letters: adnoun, bunion, guenon, neuron, nonuse, nounal, nuncio, turnon, unborn, undone, unfond, unions, unison, unknot, unmown, unopen, unsown, untorn, unworn.
	+3 letters: adnouns, bounden, bunions, dungeon, enounce, enwound, fenuron, grunion, guenons, inbound, inconnu, inwound, linuron, monuron, munnion, neurone, neurons, neuston, neutron, nocturn, nondrug, nonfuel, nonjury, nonplus, nonsuch, nonsuit, nonuple, nonuser, nonuses, noumena, nucleon, nuncios, pronoun, quinone, reunion, rundown, sundown, tonneau, turnons, unboned, unbound, uncrown, unction, undoing, unfound, unicorn, unisons, unjoint, unknots, unknown, unnoisy, unnoted, unowned, unround, unroven, unshorn, unsoncy, unsonsy, unsound, unsworn, unwound, unwoven, unyoung, unzoned.
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