noun

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action
  2. noun the word class that can serve as the subject or object of a verb, the object of a preposition, or in apposition

Etymology

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.

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