definition of the word noun

From Anglo-Norman noun, non, nom, from Latin nōmen (“‘name’”).

• IPA: /naʊn/, SAMPA: /naUn/
•  Audio (US-Inland North)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -aʊn

noun (plural nouns)

1. (grammar) A word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or idea; one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.

• In English and in many other languages, a noun can serve as the subject or object of a verb. For example, the English words table and computer are nouns. See Wikipedia’s article “Parts of speech”.

• name
• substantive

Definition from Wiktionary Content avaible with GNU Free Documentation License

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