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

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noun

Meaning 1

A linguistic category of words sharing syntactic or morphological behaviour and semantic properties, such as noun or verb.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

one of the traditional categories of words intended to reflect their functions in a grammatical context

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: form class, word class

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: grammatical category, syntactic category

Narrower terms: major form class

History

Etymology

From Middle English parte of spech, a calque of Latin pars ōrātiōnis.

Across languages

Translations

103 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: pjesë e ligjëratës — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Arabic: جُزْء كَلَام (juzʔ kalām) — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Arabic: قَسْم كَلَام (qasm kalām) — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Armenian: խոսքի մաս (xoskʻi mas) — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Azerbaijani: nitq hissəsi — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Bashkir: һүҙ төркөмө (hüź törkömö) — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Belarusian: часці́на мо́вы (čascína móvy) — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Bengali: পদ (pod) — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Bulgarian: част на речта́ (čast na rečtá) — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Burmese: ဝါစင်္ဂ (wacangga.) — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Carpathian Rusyn: часть ре́чі (častʹ réči) — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Catalan: categoria lèxica — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Chinese Cantonese: 詞類 /词类 (ci4 leoi6) — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Chinese Cantonese: 詞性 /词性 — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Chinese Mandarin: 詞類 /词类 (cílèi) — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Chinese Mandarin: 詞性 /词性 (cíxìng) — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Czech: slovní druh — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Danish: ordklasse — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Dutch: woordsoort — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Esperanto: parolparto — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Esperanto: vortospeco — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Esperanto: vorto-speco — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Esperanto: vortspeco — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Estonian: sõnaliik — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Finnish: sanaluokka — the function a word or phrase performs
  • French: classe lexicale — the function a word or phrase performs
  • French: partie du discours — the function a word or phrase performs
  • French: classe grammaticale — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Georgian: მეტყველების ნაწილი (meṭq̇velebis nac̣ili) — the function a word or phrase performs
  • German: Wortart — the function a word or phrase performs
  • German: Wortklasse — the function a word or phrase performs
  • German: Redeteil — the function a word or phrase performs
  • German: Sprachteil — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Middle High German: teil der red — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Greek: μέρος του λόγου (méros tou lógou) — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Ancient Greek: μέρος τοῦ λόγου (méros toû lógou) — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Hebrew: חלק דיבור — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Hebrew: חֵלֶק דִּבּוּר (khélek dibúr) — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Hindi: शब्द भेद (śabd bhed) — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Hungarian: szófaj — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Icelandic: orðflokkur — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Indonesian: kelas kata — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Irish: roinn chainte — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Old Irish: rann insce — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Italian: parte del discorso — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Japanese: 品詞 (hinshi) — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Japanese: 語類 (gorui) — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Kapampangan: dake ning pamiyalita — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Kazakh: сөз табы (söz taby) — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Khmer: ថ្នាក់ពាក្យ (thnak piək) — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Korean: 품사 (pumsa) — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Korean: 어류 (eoryu) — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Kyrgyz: сөз түркүмү (söz türkümü) — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Lao: ວະຈີວິພາກ (wa chī wi phāk) — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Lao: ໂສດ (sōt) — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Latin: pars ōrātiōnis — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Latvian: vārdšķira — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Lithuanian: kalbos dalis — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Macedonian: зборовна група (zborovna grupa) — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Malay: golongan kata — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Mongolian: үгсийн аймаг (ügsiin ajmag) — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Mongolian: ᠦᠭᠡᠰ ᠦᠨ ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭ (üges-ün ayimaɣ) — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ordklasse — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Iranian Persian: اَداتِ سُخَن (adât-e soxan) — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Iranian Persian: نُوْعِ کَلَمِه (now'-e kalame) — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Iranian Persian: نَقْشِ دَسْتوری (naġš-e dasturi) — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Iranian Persian: جُزْءِ کَلام (joz'-e kalâm) — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Polish: część mowy — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Portuguese: classe gramatical — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Romanian: parte de vorbire — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Russian: часть ре́чи (častʹ réči) — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Northern Sami: sátneluohkká — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Serbo-Croatian: врста речи — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Serbo-Croatian: врста ријечи — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Serbo-Croatian: vrsta reči — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Serbo-Croatian: vrsta riječi — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Slovak: slovný druh — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Slovene: besedna vrsta — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Spanish: categoría gramatical — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Spanish: categoría morfosintáctica — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Spanish: parte de la oración — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Swedish: ordklass — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Tagalog: bahagi ng pananalita — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Tagalog: bahagi ng pangungusap — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Tajik: ҳиссаи нутқ (hissa-yi nutq) — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Tajik: ҳиссаҳои нутқ (hissaho-yi nutq) — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Tamil: சொல் (col) — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Tatar: сүз төркеме (süz törkeme) — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Telugu: భాషాభాగము (bhāṣābhāgamu) — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Thai: วจีวิภาค (wá-jii-wí-pâak) — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Thai: ชนิดของคํา (chá-nít-kɔ̌ɔng-kam) — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Turkish: sözcük türü — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Ukrainian: части́на мо́ви (častýna móvy) — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Urdu: جُزِ کَلام (juz-i kalām) — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Urdu: کَلِمَہ (kalima) — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Urdu: کَلْمَہ (kalma) — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Uyghur: سۆز تۈركۈمى (söz türkümi) — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Uzbek: soʻz turkumi — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Vietnamese: từ loại — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Welsh: rhan ymadrodd — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Welsh: dosbarth geiriol — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Yakut: саҥа чааһа (saŋa čaaha) — the function a word or phrase performs
  • Yiddish: ווערטערקלאַס (verterklas) — the function a word or phrase performs