noun

Definition

A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, word, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea: one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.

Etymology

From Middle English noun, from Anglo-Norman noun, non, nom, from Latin nōmen (“name; noun”). The grammatical sense in Latin was a semantic loan from Koine Greek ὄνομα (ónoma). Doublet of name and nomen.

Example Sentences

• "Records have been broken, races have been dedicated, dreams have been dreamed, starts have been falsed and nouns have been verbed."
• "Communication is a kind of beauty, he said – and “beauty manifests itself from the noun itself, without strawberries on the cake.”"
• "Q. What is a Noun? A. The Name of a Thing. Q. How many Sorts of Nouns are there? [...] A. A Noun Substantive, and a Noun Adjective."

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