Noun

//nɒ(ʊ)n//

Synonyms for "noun" (14 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Noun(1 words)

Strong matches (4)

Related words (7)

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Translations

260 translations across 154 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • naamwoord noun (grammatical category (broad sense))
  • selfstandige naamwoord noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Albanian

1 entries
  • emër noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Amharic

1 entries
  • ስም noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ὄνομα noun (grammatical category (broad sense))

Arabic

3 entries
  • اسم noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • اِسْم noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • اِسْم الذَّات noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Aragonese

1 entries
  • sustantibo noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Aramaic

2 entries
  • שמא noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • ܫܡܐ noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Armenian

1 entries
  • գոյական noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Assamese

2 entries
  • বিশেষ্য noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • বিশেষ্য পদ noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Asturian

1 entries
  • sustantivu noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • ad noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • isim noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Bashkir

1 entries
  • исем noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Basque

1 entries
  • izen noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Belarusian

1 entries
  • назо́ўнік noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Bengali

1 entries
  • বিশেষ্য noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Bikol Central

2 entries
  • pangngaran noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • pangngaran noun (grammatical category (broad sense))

Breton

1 entries
  • anv-kadarn noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • и́ме noun (grammatical category (broad sense))
  • съществи́телно noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • съществи́телно и́ме noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Burmese

1 entries
  • နာမ် noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Buryat

1 entries
  • юумэнэй нэрэ noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries
  • назывник noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Catalan

1 entries
  • substantiu noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Cebuano

1 entries
  • pungan noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • ناو noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Chechen

1 entries
  • цӏердош noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᏚᏙᎥᎢ noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Chinese

1 entries
  • 名詞 /名词 noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 名詞 /名词 noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 名詞 /名词 noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Chuvash

1 entries
  • япала ячӗ noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Cornish

1 entries
  • hanow noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Crimean Tatar

2 entries
  • ad noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • isim noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Czech

3 entries
  • jméno noun (grammatical category (broad sense))
  • podstatné jméno noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • substantivum noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Danish

3 entries
  • navneord noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • navneord noun (grammatical category (broad sense))
  • substantiv noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Dari

1 entries
  • اِسْم noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Dutch

3 entries
  • naamwoord noun (grammatical category (broad sense))
  • substantief noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • zelfstandig naamwoord noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Erzya

1 entries
  • лемвал noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Esperanto

1 entries
  • substantivo noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Estonian

2 entries
  • nimisõna noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • nimisõna noun (grammatical category (broad sense))

Ewe

1 entries
  • nuŋkɔ noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Faroese

1 entries
  • navnorð noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Finnish

3 entries
  • nimisana noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • nomini noun (grammatical category (broad sense))
  • substantiivi noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

French

4 entries
  • nom noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • nom noun (grammatical category (broad sense))
  • nom substantif noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • substantif noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Galician

2 entries
  • nome noun (grammatical category (broad sense))
  • substantivo noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Georgian

2 entries
  • არსებითი სახელი noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • სახელი noun (grammatical category (broad sense))

German

4 entries
  • Dingwort noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • Gegenstandswort noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • Hauptnennwort noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • Hauptwort noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Greek

2 entries
  • ουσιαστικό noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • όνομα noun (grammatical category (broad sense))

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • taggit noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Gujarati

1 entries
  • સંજ્ઞા noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Hakka Chinese

1 entries
  • 名詞 /名词 noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Hausa

1 entries
  • suna noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • haʻiinoa noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Hebrew

2 entries
  • שֵׁם noun (grammatical category (broad sense))
  • שֵׁם עֶצֶם noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Hindi

2 entries
  • नाम noun (grammatical category (broad sense))
  • संज्ञा noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Hungarian

3 entries
  • főnév noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • név noun (grammatical category (broad sense))
  • névszó noun (grammatical category (broad sense))

Icelandic

1 entries
  • nafnorð noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Ido

2 entries
  • nomo noun (grammatical category (broad sense))
  • substantivo noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Ilocano

1 entries
  • pangnagan noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Indonesian

4 entries
  • kata benda noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • kata nama noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • nomina noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • substantif noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Interlingua

1 entries
  • substantivo noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • اِسْم noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Irish

2 entries
  • ainm noun (grammatical category (broad sense))
  • ainmfhocal noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Italian

3 entries
  • nome noun (grammatical category (broad sense))
  • nome sostantivo noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • sostantivo noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Japanese

1 entries
  • 名詞 noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Javanese

1 entries
  • ꦠꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦸꦁꦲꦫꦤ꧀ noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Kannada

1 entries
  • ನಾಮಪದ noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Kapampangan

4 entries
  • palagyu noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • palagyu noun (grammatical category (broad sense))
  • panglagyu noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • panglagyu noun (grammatical category (broad sense))

Kashmiri

3 entries
  • ناوُت noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • ناوُت noun (grammatical category (broad sense))
  • नावुत noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Kashubian

1 entries
  • jistnik noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Kazakh

1 entries
  • зат есім noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Khmer

1 entries
  • នាម noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Korean

1 entries
  • 명사 noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • зат атооч noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Lao

2 entries
  • ຄຳນາມ noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • ນາມ noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Latin

4 entries
  • nomen positivum noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • nomen substantivum noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • nōmen noun (grammatical category (broad sense))
  • substantivum noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Latvian

2 entries
  • lietvārds noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • substantīvs noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • daiktavardis noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Low German

1 entries
  • Substantiv noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Lower Sorbian

2 entries
  • substantiw noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • wěcownik noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Substantiv noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Macedonian

1 entries
  • именка noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Malay

2 entries
  • kata bilang noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • kata nama noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Malayalam

1 entries
  • നാമം noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Maltese

1 entries
  • nom noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Marathi

1 entries
  • नाम noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Middle English

2 entries
  • noun noun (grammatical category (broad sense))
  • noun substantyf noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Middle High German

1 entries
  • nam noun (grammatical category (broad sense))

Mongolian

2 entries
  • жинхэнэ нэр noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • нэр үг noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Māori

1 entries
  • kupuingoa noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Navajo

1 entries
  • yízhí noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Nepali

1 entries
  • नाम noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • navdêr noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • substantiiva noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • navnord noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • nomen noun (grammatical category (broad sense))
  • substantiv noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • namnord noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • substantiv noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Occitan

1 entries
  • nom noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Odia

1 entries
  • ବିଶେଷ୍ୟ noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Old English

1 entries
  • nama noun (grammatical category (broad sense))

Old High German

1 entries
  • namo noun (grammatical category (broad sense))

Old Irish

1 entries
  • ainmm noun (grammatical category (broad sense))

Ossetian

1 entries
  • номдар noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • آد noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • اسم noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries
  • меновнїк noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Pashto

2 entries
  • اسم noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • نوم noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Persian

1 entries
  • نام noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Polish

2 entries
  • imię noun (grammatical category (broad sense))
  • rzeczownik noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Portuguese

2 entries
  • nome noun (grammatical category (broad sense))
  • substantivo noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Punjabi

3 entries
  • شَے noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • نان٘وَ noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • ਨਾਂਵ noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Quechua

1 entries
  • sutirimana noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Romanian

2 entries
  • nume noun (grammatical category (broad sense))
  • substantiv noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Russian

3 entries
  • и́мя noun (grammatical category (broad sense))
  • и́мя существи́тельное noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • существи́тельное noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Sanskrit

2 entries
  • नाम noun (grammatical category (broad sense))
  • नामन् noun (grammatical category (broad sense))

Scots

1 entries
  • noun noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • ainmear noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • ime noun (grammatical category (broad sense))
  • nomen noun (grammatical category (broad sense))
  • ȉmenica noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • и̏меница noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Shan

1 entries
  • ႁိၵ်ႈ noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Shor

1 entries
  • небелик noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Sicilian

1 entries
  • sustantivu noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Sinhalese

2 entries
  • නාම පදය noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • නාමය noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Slovak

3 entries
  • meno noun (grammatical category (broad sense))
  • podstatné meno noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • substantívum noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Slovene

1 entries
  • samostalnik noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • адалгыш noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Spanish

4 entries
  • nombre noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • nombre noun (grammatical category (broad sense))
  • nombre substantivo noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • nombre sustantivo noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Sundanese

1 entries
  • kecap barang noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Swahili

2 entries
  • jina noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • nomino noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Swazi

1 entries
  • libito noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Swedish

3 entries
  • nomen noun (grammatical category (broad sense))
  • substantiv noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • tingord noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Tagalog

2 entries
  • pangngalan noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • pangngalan noun (grammatical category (broad sense))

Tajik

1 entries
  • исм noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Tamil

4 entries
  • பெயர் noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • பெயர் noun (grammatical category (broad sense))
  • பெயர்ச்சொல் noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • பெயர்ச்சொல் noun (grammatical category (broad sense))

Tatar

1 entries
  • исем noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Telugu

1 entries
  • నామవాచకము noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Tetum

1 entries
  • substantivu noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Thai

2 entries
  • คำนาม noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • นาม noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Tibetan

1 entries
  • མིང་ཚིག noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Tigrinya

1 entries
  • ስም noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Tok Pisin

1 entries
  • nem bilong samting noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Turkish

4 entries
  • ad noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • ad noun (grammatical category (broad sense))
  • isim noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • isim noun (grammatical category (broad sense))

Turkmen

1 entries
  • at noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • іме́нник noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Upper Sorbian

2 entries
  • substantiw noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • wěcownik noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Urdu

2 entries
  • اِسْم noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • نام noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Uyghur

3 entries
  • ئات noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • ئىسىم noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • نام noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Uzbek

2 entries
  • ism noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • ot noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Venetan

1 entries
  • nòme noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • danh từ noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Volapük

1 entries
  • subsat noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Walloon

4 entries
  • kimon no noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • no noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • no noun (grammatical category (broad sense))
  • sustantif noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Welsh

2 entries
  • enw noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • enw noun (grammatical category (broad sense))

West-Frisian

2 entries
  • haadnamme noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))
  • haadwurd noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Yiddish

1 entries
  • סובסטאַנטיוו noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Yoruba

1 entries
  • ọ̀rọ̀-orúkọ noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Zazaki

1 entries
  • name noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Zulu

1 entries
  • ibizo noun (grammatical category (narrow sense))

Sample sentences

25 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Sometimes a verb is derived from a noun and sometimes it is the other way around.

Source: tatoeba (322914)

This type of noun phrase is called a "concealed question".

Source: tatoeba (326970)

Accordingly, besides noun declension patterns, there also existed a greater variety of verb conjugation patterns than in Modern English.

Source: tatoeba (326971)

In English there are eight main parts of speech: noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction and finally interjection.

Source: tatoeba (327388)

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