Phrase guide

noun phrase

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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noun

Meaning 1

A phrase that has a noun (or indefinite pronoun) as its head or performs the same grammatical function as a noun.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Examples

  • Many collocations are noun phrases.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nominal phrase, nominal

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: phrase

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Breton: rannfrazenn anv — phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • Breton: sintagm-anv — phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • Bulgarian: именна група (imenna grupa) — phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • Catalan: sintagma nominal — phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • Chinese Mandarin: 名詞短語 /名词短语 (míngcí duǎnyǔ) — phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • Dutch: nominale constituent — phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • Finnish: substantiivilauseke — phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • Finnish: nominilauseke — phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • French: groupe nominal — phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • French: syntagme nominal — phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • Galician: sintagma nominal — phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • German: Nominalphrase — phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • Greek: ονοματική φράση (onomatikí frási) — phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • Hungarian: főnévi csoport — phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • Hungarian: főnévi kifejezés — phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • Hungarian: főnévi szerkezet — phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • Icelandic: nafnliður — phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • Interlingua: phrase substantival — phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • Italian: locuzione nominale — phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • Japanese: 名詞句 (meishiku) — phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • Khmer: កន្សោមនាម (kɑnsaom niem) — phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • Korean: 명사구 (myeongsagu) — phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • Norwegian Bokmål: substantivfrase — phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: substantivfrase — phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • Persian: گروه اسمی — phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • Polish: fraza rzeczownikowa — phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • Portuguese: locução substantiva — phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • Portuguese: locução nominal — phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • Romanian: locuțiune substantivală — phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • Russian: именно́е словосочета́ние (imennóje slovosočetánije) — phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • Russian: субстанти́вное словосочета́ние (substantívnoje slovosočetánije) — phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • Serbo-Croatian: и̏меничка̄ фра́за — phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • Serbo-Croatian: ȉmeničkā fráza — phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • Spanish: sintagma nominal — phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • Spanish: grupo nominal — phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • Spanish: frase nominal — phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • Swedish: nominalfras — phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • Turkish: ad öbeği — phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • Vietnamese: cụm danh từ — phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • Vietnamese: danh ngữ — phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • Welsh: ymadrodd enwol — phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb