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noun

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1. any member of a class of words that are formally distinguished in many languages, as in English, typically by the plural and possessive endings and that can function as the main or only elements of subjects or objects, as cat, belief, writing, Ohio, darkness. Nouns are often thought of as referring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities.
–adjective
2. Also, nounal. of or resembling a noun.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME nowne < AF noun < L nōmen name

Related forms:
noun⋅al⋅ly, adverb
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noun   (noun)   
n.   Abbr. n.
  1. The part of speech that is used to name a person, place, thing, quality, or action and can function as the subject or object of a verb, the object of a preposition, or an appositive.
  2. Any of the words belonging to this part of speech, such as neighbor, window, happiness, or negotiation.

[Middle English, name, noun, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin nōmen (translation of Greek onoma, name, noun); see n-men- in Indo-European roots.]
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Noun

Noun\, n. [OF. noun, nun, num, non, nom, F. nom, fr. L. nomen name. See Name.] (Gram.) A word used as the designation or appellation of a creature or thing, existing in fact or in thought; a substantive.

Note: By some grammarians the term noun is so used as to include adjectives, as being descriptive; but in general it is limited to substantives.
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Language Translation for : noun
Spanish: nombre, sustantivo,
German: das Substantiv,
Japanese: 名詞
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noun

The part of speech that names a person, place, thing, or idea. The following words are nouns: child, town, granite, kindness, government, elephant, and Taiwan. In sentences, nouns generally function as subjects or as objects.

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noun 
1398, from Anglo-Fr. noun "name, noun," from O.Fr. nom, non, from L. nomen "name, noun" (see name).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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