Looking for the meaning of the word NOUN in English for both noun and verb forms from the Oxford Dictionary? Below, you can explore all possible meanings and definitions of NOUN with sentence examples. You can also use the “AUDIO PRONUNCIATION” track to check the correct pronunciation in British English.
Word: Noun
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, from Latin nomen ‘name’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
naʊn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a word (other than a pronoun) used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things (common noun), or to name a particular one of these (proper noun)
Short Definition:word used to identify people, places, or things
Examples:- converting adjectives to nouns has always been common in English
- you must say el gato because gato, which means cat, is a masculine noun
- lucidity is a noun
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