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1. (n.) noun
a member of a class of words that can function as the subject or object in a construction, are often formally distinguished, as by taking the plural and possessive endings, and typically refer to persons, places, animals, things, states, or qualities, as cat, desk, Ohio, darkness.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME nowne < AF noun < L nōmenname)
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1. (noun) noun
a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action
2. (noun) noun
the word class that can serve as the subject or object of a verb, the object of a preposition, or in apposition
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1. (noun) noun
a word that represents a person, place, object, idea, or activity
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1. (noun) noun
a word used as the designation or appellation of a creature or thing, existing in fact or in thought; a substantive
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Sense: a word used as the name of a person, animal, place, state or thing
The words `boy', `James' and `happiness' are all nouns.
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 Afrikaans: naamwoord |
 Arabic: إسْم |
 Bulgarian: същ. име |
 Brazilian: substantivo |
 Czech: podstatné jméno |
 German: das Substantiv |
 Danish: substantiv; navneord |
 Greek: ουσιαστικό (γραμμ.) |
 Spanish: nombre, sustantivo |
 Estonian: nimisõna |
 Farsi: اسم |
 Finnish: substantiivi |
 French: nom |
 Hebrew: שֵם עֶצֶם |
 Hindi: संज्ञा |
 Croatian: imenica |
 Hungarian: főnév |
 Indonesian: kata benda |
 Icelandic: nafnorð |
 Italian: nome, sostantivo |
 Japanese: 名詞 |
 Korean: 명사 |
 Lithuanian: daiktavardis |
 Latvian: lietvārds |
 Malay: kata nama |
 Dutch: zelfstandig naamwoord |
 Norwegian: substantiv |
 Polish: rzeczownik |
 Persian: اسم |
 Pashto: نوم |
 Portuguese: nome |
 Romanian: substantiv |
 Russian: существительно�� |
 Slovak: podstatné meno |
 Slovenian: samostalnik |
 Serbian: imenica |
 Swedish: substantiv |
 Thai: นาม |
 Turkish: ad, isim |
 Taiwanese: 名詞 |
 Ukrainian: іменник |
 Urdu: اسم، اسم ذات |
 Vietnamese: danh từ |
 Chinese: 名词 |
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