Pronunciation IPA: /naʊn/ SAMPA: /naUn/ Noun /naun/ Noun a word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or idea; part of speech (Wikipedia article on parts of speech). It can serve as the subject or object of a verb. Synonyms substantive, name Related terms abstract noun collective noun common noun count noun, countable noun mass noun, uncountable noun, non-count noun noun phrase proper noun nominal Translations Arabic: اسم n Bulgarian: съществително име n Catalan: substantiu m Czech: podstatné jméno n Danish: navneord n Dutch: zelfstandig naamwoord n Esperanto: substantivo Estonian: nimisõna Finnish: nomini French: nom m, substantif m Frisian: haadwurd n German: Nomen n, Substantiv n Greek:ουσιαστικό Hebrew: שם עצם Hungarian:főnév Icelandic: nafnorð Italian: nome m, sostantivo m Indonesian: kata benda Interlingua: substantivo Japanese: 名詞 (めいし, meishi) Norwegian: substantiv n Polish: rzeczownik m Portuguese: substantivo m Romanian: substantiv n Russian: имя существительное n Slovak: podstatné meno n Spanish: substantivo m, nombre m (Venezuelan; literally: name]]) Swedish: substantiv, nomen Turkish: isim Vietnamese: danh từ Further Reading Wikipedia article on nouns
Noun a word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or idea; part of speech (Wikipedia article on parts of speech). It can serve as the subject or object of a verb. Synonyms substantive, name Related terms abstract noun collective noun common noun count noun, countable noun mass noun, uncountable noun, non-count noun noun phrase proper noun nominal Translations Arabic: اسم n Bulgarian: съществително име n Catalan: substantiu m Czech: podstatné jméno n Danish: navneord n Dutch: zelfstandig naamwoord n Esperanto: substantivo Estonian: nimisõna Finnish: nomini French: nom m, substantif m Frisian: haadwurd n German: Nomen n, Substantiv n Greek:ουσιαστικό Hebrew: שם עצם Hungarian:főnév Icelandic: nafnorð Italian: nome m, sostantivo m Indonesian: kata benda Interlingua: substantivo Japanese: 名詞 (めいし, meishi) Norwegian: substantiv n Polish: rzeczownik m Portuguese: substantivo m Romanian: substantiv n Russian: имя существительное n Slovak: podstatné meno n Spanish: substantivo m, nombre m (Venezuelan; literally: name]]) Swedish: substantiv, nomen Turkish: isim Vietnamese: danh từ Further Reading Wikipedia article on nouns