noun
pronunciation
How to pronounce noun in British English:
UK [naʊn]
How to pronounce noun in American English:
US [naʊn]
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- Noun:
- a word that can be used to refer to a person or place or thing
- a word that can serve as the subject or object of a verb
Word Origin
- noun
- noun: [14] Etymologically, a noun is simply a ‘name’. Latin nomen ‘name’ (a relative of English name) was used by classical grammarians for a ‘noun’ – that is, a word that ‘names’ something – and English acquired it via Old French non and Anglo-Norman noun.
- noun (n.)
- late 14c., from Anglo-French noun "name, noun," from Old French nom, non (Modern French nom), from Latin nomen "name, noun" (see name (n.)). Old English used name to mean "noun." Related: Nounal.
Example
- 1. You probably need a new noun to describe the writing .
- 2. Interdependence is no longer an abstract noun .
- 3. It was probably the first time she had ever used a phrase with a verb and a noun .
- 4. Sure , community is a noun , but it 's not something you can hold .
- 5. The first recorded use of the noun " paedophile " was in 1951 .