noun

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• UK, US: /naʊn/
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• Multicultural-London-English: /nɒ(ʊ)n/
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• Canada, dialectal: /nʌʊn/
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• Canada, dialectal: [nəu̯n]
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• Australian: /næʊn/
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• Australian: [næɔ̯n]
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• rhymes with -aʊn
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• CMU ARPABET: N AW1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1nómn̥ Proto-Italic *nōmn̥ Latin nōmen Anglo-Norman noun, non, nombor. Middle English noun English noun Inherited 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.

258 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: selfstandige naamwoord — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Albanian: emër — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Southern Altai: адалгыш (adalgïš) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Amharic: ስም (səm) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Arabic: اِسْم الذَّات (ism aḏ-ḏāt) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Arabic: اِسْم (ism) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Arabic: اسم (esm) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Aragonese: sustantibo — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Aramaic: ܫܡܐ (šmā’) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Aramaic: שמא (šmā’) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Armenian: գոյական (goyakan) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Assamese: বিশেষ্য পদ (bixeisso pod) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Assamese: বিশেষ্য (bixeisso) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Asturian: sustantivu — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Azerbaijani: isim — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Azerbaijani: ad — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Bashkir: исем (isem) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Basque: izen — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Belarusian: назо́ўнік (nazównik) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Bengali: বিশেষ্য (biśeśśo) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Central Bikol: pangngaran — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Breton: anv-kadarn — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Bulgarian: съществи́телно и́ме (sǎštestvítelno íme) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Bulgarian: съществи́телно (sǎštestvítelno) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Burmese: နာမ် (nam) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Buryat: юумэнэй нэрэ (juumenej nere) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Carpathian Rusyn: назывник (nazŷvnyk) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Catalan: substantiu — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Cebuano: pungan — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Chechen: цӏердош (cʼerdoš) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Cherokee: ᏚᏙᎥᎢ (dudovi) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Chinese Cantonese: 名詞 /名词 (ming4 ci4) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Hakka Chinese: 名詞 /名词 (miàng-chhṳ̀) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Chinese: 名詞 /名词 (zh-min-nan) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Chinese Mandarin: 名詞 /名词 (míngcí) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Chuvash: япала ячӗ (jap̬ala jač̬ĕ) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Cornish: hanow — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Crimean Tatar: ad — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Crimean Tatar: isim — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Czech: podstatné jméno — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Czech: substantivum — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Danish: substantiv — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Danish: navneord — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Dutch: zelfstandig naamwoord — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Dutch: substantief — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Erzya: лемвал (lemval) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Esperanto: substantivo — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Estonian: nimisõna — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Ewe: nuŋkɔ — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Faroese: navnorð — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Finnish: substantiivi — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Finnish: nimisana — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• French: nom — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• French: nom substantif — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• French: substantif — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• West-Frisian: haadwurd — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• West-Frisian: haadnamme — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Galician: substantivo — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Georgian: არსებითი სახელი (arsebiti saxeli) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• German: Dingwort — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• German: Gegenstandswort — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• German: Hauptnennwort — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• German: Hauptwort — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• German: Selbstwort — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• German: Substantiv — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• German: Substantivum — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• German: Substantiv — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Greek: ουσιαστικό (ousiastikó) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Greenlandic: taggit — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Gujarati: સંજ્ઞા (sañjñā) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Hausa: suna — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Hawaiian: haʻiinoa — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Hebrew: שֵׁם עֶצֶם (shem étsem) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Hindi: संज्ञा (saṅgyā) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Hungarian: főnév — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Icelandic: nafnorð — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Ido: substantivo — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Ilocano: pangnagan — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Indonesian: kata benda — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Indonesian: nomina — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Indonesian: kata nama — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Indonesian: substantif — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Interlingua: substantivo — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Irish: ainmfhocal — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Italian: sostantivo — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Italian: nome sostantivo — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Japanese: 名詞 (meishi) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Javanese: ꦠꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦸꦁꦲꦫꦤ꧀ (tembung aran) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Kannada: ನಾಮಪದ (nāmapada) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Kapampangan: palagyu — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Kapampangan: panglagyu — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Kashmiri: ناوُت (nāvut) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Kashmiri: नावुत (nāwut) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Kashubian: jistnik — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Kazakh: зат есім (zat esım) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Khmer: នាម (niəm) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Korean: 명사 (myeongsa) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Central Kurdish: ناو (naw) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Northern Kurdish: navdêr — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Kyrgyz: зат атооч (zat atooc) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Lao: ຄໍານາມ (kham nām) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Lao: ນາມ (nām) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Latin: nomen positivum — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Latin: nomen substantivum — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Latin: substantivum nomen — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Latin: substantivum — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Latvian: lietvārds — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Latvian: substantīvs — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Lithuanian: daiktavardis — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Low German: Substantiv — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Luxembourgish: Substantiv — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Macedonian: именка (imenka) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Malay: kata nama — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Malay: kata bilang — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Malayalam: നാമം (nāmaṁ) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Maltese: nom — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Māori: kupuingoa — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Marathi: नाम (nām) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Middle English: noun substantyf — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Mongolian: нэр үг (ner üg) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Mongolian: жинхэнэ нэр (žinxene ner) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Navajo: yízhí — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Nepali: नाम (nām) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Norwegian Bokmål: substantiv — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Norwegian Bokmål: navnord — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Norwegian Nynorsk: substantiv — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Norwegian Nynorsk: namnord — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Occitan: nom — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Odia: ବିଶେଷ୍ୟ (biśeṣya) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Ossetian: номдар (nomdar) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Pannonian Rusyn: меновнїк (menovnjik) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Pashto: اسم (esm) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Pashto: نوم (num) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Persian: نام (nām) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Dari: اِسْم (ism) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Iranian Persian: اِسْم (esm) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Pohnpeian: naun — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Polish: rzeczownik — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Portuguese: substantivo — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Punjabi: ਨਾਂਵ (nā̃v) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Punjabi: شَے (śai) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Punjabi: نان٘وَ (nāṉva) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Quechua: sutirimana — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Romanian: substantiv — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Russian: и́мя существи́тельное (ímja suščestvítelʹnoje) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Russian: существи́тельное (suščestvítelʹnoje) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Northern Sami: substantiiva — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Scots: noun — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Scottish Gaelic: ainmear — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Serbo-Croatian: и̏меница — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Serbo-Croatian: ȉmenica — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Shan: ႁိၵ်ႈ (hīk) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Shor: небелик (nebelik) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Sicilian: sustantivu — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Sinhalese: නාම පදය (nāma padaya) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Sinhalese: නාමය (nāmaya) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Slovak: podstatné meno — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Slovak: substantívum — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Slovene: samostalnik — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Lower Sorbian: substantiw — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Lower Sorbian: wěcownik — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Upper Sorbian: substantiw — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Upper Sorbian: wěcownik — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Spanish: nombre — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Spanish: nombre sustantivo — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Spanish: nombre substantivo — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Sundanese: kecap barang — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Swahili: nomino — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Swahili: jina — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Swazi: libito — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Swedish: substantiv — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Swedish: tingord — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Tagalog: pangngalan — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Tajik: исм (ism) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Tamil: பெயர்ச்சொல் (peyarccol) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Tamil: பெயர் (peyar) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Tatar: исем (isem) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Telugu: నామవాచకము (nāmavācakamu) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Tetum: substantivu — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Thai: นาม (naam) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Thai: คํานาม (naam) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Tibetan: མིང་ཚིག (ming tshig) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Tigrinya: ስም (səm) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Tok Pisin: nem bilong samting — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Turkish: ad — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Turkish: isim — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Ottoman Turkish: آد (ad) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Ottoman Turkish: اسم (ism, isim) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Turkmen: at — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Ukrainian: іме́нник (iménnyk) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Urdu: اِسْم (ism) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Urdu: نام (nām) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Uyghur: ئىسىم (isim) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Uyghur: نام (nam) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Uyghur: ئات (at) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Uzbek: ot — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Uzbek: ism — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Venetan: nòme — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Vietnamese: danh từ — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Volapük: subsat — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Walloon: no — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Walloon: kimon no — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Walloon: sustantif — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Welsh: enw — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Yiddish: סובסטאַנטיוו (substantiv) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Yoruba: ọ̀rọ̀-orúkọ — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Zazaki: name (diq) — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Zulu: ibizo — grammatical category (narrow sense)
• Afrikaans: naamwoord — grammatical category (broad sense)
• Central Bikol: pangngaran — grammatical category (broad sense)
• Bulgarian: и́ме (íme) — grammatical category (broad sense)
• Czech: jméno — grammatical category (broad sense)
• Danish: navneord — grammatical category (broad sense)
• Dutch: naamwoord — grammatical category (broad sense)
• Estonian: nimisõna — grammatical category (broad sense)
• Finnish: nomini — grammatical category (broad sense)
• French: nom — grammatical category (broad sense)
• Galician: nome — grammatical category (broad sense)
• Georgian: სახელი (saxeli) — grammatical category (broad sense)
• German: Namenwort — grammatical category (broad sense)
• German: Nennwort — grammatical category (broad sense)
• German: Nomen — grammatical category (broad sense)
• Middle High German: nam — grammatical category (broad sense)
• Old High German: namo — grammatical category (broad sense)
• Greek: όνομα (ónoma) — grammatical category (broad sense)
• Ancient Greek: ὄνομα (ónoma) — grammatical category (broad sense)
• Hebrew: שֵׁם (shem) — grammatical category (broad sense)
• Hindi: नाम (nām) — grammatical category (broad sense)
• Hungarian: névszó — grammatical category (broad sense)
• Hungarian: név — grammatical category (broad sense)
• Ido: nomo — grammatical category (broad sense)
• Irish: ainm — grammatical category (broad sense)
• Old Irish: ainmm — grammatical category (broad sense)
• Italian: nome — grammatical category (broad sense)
• Kapampangan: panglagyu — grammatical category (broad sense)
• Kapampangan: palagyu — grammatical category (broad sense)
• Kashmiri: ناوُت (nāvut) — grammatical category (broad sense)
• Latin: nōmen — grammatical category (broad sense)
• Middle English: noun — grammatical category (broad sense)
• Norwegian Bokmål: nomen — grammatical category (broad sense)
• Old English: nama — grammatical category (broad sense)
• Polish: imię — grammatical category (broad sense)
• Portuguese: nome — grammatical category (broad sense)
• Romanian: nume — grammatical category (broad sense)
• Russian: и́мя (ímja) — grammatical category (broad sense)
• Sanskrit: नामन् (nā́man) — grammatical category (broad sense)
• Sanskrit: नाम (nāma) — grammatical category (broad sense)
• Serbo-Croatian: ime — grammatical category (broad sense)
• Serbo-Croatian: nomen — grammatical category (broad sense)
• Slovak: meno — grammatical category (broad sense)
• Swedish: nomen — grammatical category (broad sense)
• Tagalog: pangngalan — grammatical category (broad sense)
• Tamil: பெயர்ச்சொல் (peyarccol) — grammatical category (broad sense)
• Tamil: பெயர் (peyar) — grammatical category (broad sense)
• Turkish: ad — grammatical category (broad sense)
• Turkish: isim — grammatical category (broad sense)
• Walloon: no — grammatical category (broad sense)
• Welsh: enw — grammatical category (broad sense)