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==English==

===Etymology===
From {{etyl|xno}} {{term|noun|lang=xno}}, {{term|non|lang=xno}}, {{term|nom|lang=xno}}, from {{etyl|la}} {{term|nomen|nōmen|name|lang=la}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|/naʊn/}}, {{SAMPA|/naUn/}}
* {{audio|en-us-inlandnorth-noun.ogg|Audio (US-Inland North)}}
* {{rhymes|aʊn}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# {{grammar}} A [[word]] that can be used to refer to a [[person]], [[place]], [[thing]], [[quality]], or [[idea]]; one of the basic parts of [[speech]] in many languages, including [[English]].

====Usage notes====
* In English (and in many other languages), a noun can serve as the subject or object of a [[verb]]. For example, the English words {{term|table}} and {{term|computer}} are nouns. See [[w:Part of speech|Wikipedia’s article “Parts of speech”]].

====Synonyms====
* [[name]]
* [[substantive]]

====Hyponyms====
* See also [[Wikisaurus:noun]]

====Related terms====
{{top3}}
* [[abstract noun]]
* [[adjectival noun]]
* [[attributive noun]]
* [[collective noun]]
* [[common noun]]
* [[concrete noun]]
* [[count noun]]
* [[countable noun]]
{{mid3}}
* [[mass noun]]
* [[nominal]]
* [[non-count noun]]
* [[noun adjunct]]
* [[noun clause]]
* [[noun of assemblage]]
* [[noun of multitude]]
{{mid3}}
* [[noun phrase]]
* [[plural noun]]
* [[pronoun]]
* [[proper noun]]
* [[uncountable noun]]
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====Translations====
{{trans-top|gramatical category}}
* [[Afrikaans]]: {{t|af|byvoeglike naamwoord|xs=Afrikaans}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|emër|xs=Albanian}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|اسم|m|tr=’ism|sc=Arab}}
* {{trreq|Aragonese}}
* Aramaic:
*: Syriac: {{tø|arc|ܫܡܐ|m|tr=šmā’|sc=Syrc}}
*: Hebrew: {{tø|arc|שמא|m|tr=šmā’|sc=Hebr}}
* Armenian: {{t-|hy|գոյական|tr=goyakan|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}}
* [[Asturian]]: {{t+|ast|sustantivu|xs=Asturian}}
* {{trreq|Aymara}}
* [[Azeri]]: {{t-|az|isim|xs=Azeri}}
* [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|исем|tr=isem}}
* [[Basque]]: {{t-|eu|izen|xs=Basque}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|назоўнік|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}}
* {{trreq|Bengali}}
* {{trreq|Bishnupriya Manipuri}}
* Bosnian: {{t|bs|imenice}}
* [[Breton]]: {{t|br|anv-kadarn|xs=Breton}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|съществително име|m|tr=səštestvítelno ime|sc=Cyrl}}
* {{trreq|Burmese}}
* [[Catalan]]: {{t|ca|substantiu|m}}
* {{trreq|Chamorro}}
* [[Chechen]]: {{tø|ce|цIердош|sc=Cyrl|xs=Chechen}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{tø|yue|名詞|tr=ming4 ci4|sc=Hani|xs=Cantonese}}
*: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|名詞|sc=Hani|xs=Mandarin}}, {{t-|cmn|名词|tr=míngcí|sc=Hani|xs=Mandarin}}
*: Min Nan: {{t|nan|bêng-sû|xs=Min Nan}}
* [[Chuvash]]: {{tø|cv|япала ячĕ|sc=Cyrl|xs=Chuvash}}
* Crimean Tatar: {{tø|crh|ad|xs=Crimean Tatar}}, {{tø|crh|isim|xs=Crimean Tatar}}
* Croatian: {{t+|hr|imenica|f|alt=ȉmenica}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|podstatné jméno|n}},  {{t+|cs|substantivum|n}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|navneord|n}}
* {{trreq|Dhivehi}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|zelfstandig naamwoord|n}}, {{t+|nl|substantief|n}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|substantivo|xs=Esperanto}}
* Estonian: {{t-|et|nimisõna}}
* [[Ewe]]: {{tø|ee|nuŋkɔ|xs=Ewe}}
* Faroese: {{t-|fo|navnorð|xs=Faroese}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|substantiivi}}
* {{trreq|Franco-Provençal}}
* French: {{t+|fr|nom|m}}, {{t+|fr|substantif|m}}
* {{trreq|Friulian}}
* [[Galician]]: {{t-|gl|substantivo|xs=Galician}}
* Georgian: {{t+|ka|არსებითი სახელი|tr=arsebit‘i saxeli|xs=Georgian}}
* German: {{t+|de|Substantiv|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|ουσιαστικό|n|tr=ousiastikó|sc=Grek}}
** Ancient Greek: {{tø|grc|sc=polytonic|ὄνομα|tr=ónoma|n|xs=Ancient Greek}}
* [[Greenlandic]]: {{t-|kl|taggit|xs=Greenlandic}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|שם־עצם|m|tr=shem-’etsem|sc=Hebr}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|संज्ञा|m|tr=sangyaa|sc=Deva|xs=Hindi}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|főnév}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|nafnorð|n}} (abbrev. “no.”)
* [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|substantivo|xs=Ido}}
* Indonesian: {{t-|id|kata benda|xs=Indonesian}}
* [[Interlingua]]: {{t-|ia|substantivo|xs=Interlingua}}
* [[Interlingue]]: {{t-|ie|substantive|xs=Interlingue}}, {{t|ie|nómine|xs=Interlingue}}
* Irish: {{t+|ga|ainmfhocal|m|xs=Irish}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|nome|m}}, {{t+|it|sostantivo|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|名詞|tr=meishí|sc=Jpan}} ([[めいし]])
* {{trreq|Javanese}}
* [[Kannada]]: {{t-|kn|ನಾಮಪದ|tr=nāmapada|sc=Knda|xs=Kannada}}
* [[Kashubian]]: {{t-|csb|jistnik|m|xs=Kashubian}}
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* Kazakh: {{t|kk|зат есім|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|명사|tr=myeongsa|sc=Hang}}
* Kurdish: {{t+|ku|ناو|sc=ku-Arab}}
* [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|зат атооч|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kyrgyz}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|nomen|n}}
* Latvian: {{t+|lv|lietvārds|m|xs=Latvian}}
* [[Limburgish]]: Limburgish: {{t+|nl|zèlfstenjig naamwaord|n}}
* {{trreq|Lingala}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|daiktavardis|xs=Lithuanian}}
* [[Low Saxon]]: {{t-|nds|substantiv|xs=Low Saxon}}
* [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|substantiw|m|xs=Lower Sorbian}}
* [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|именка|f|tr=ímenka|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|kata nama|xs=Malay}}
* [[Malayalam]]: {{t|ml|നാമം|tr=naamam|xs=Malayalam}}
* Maltese: {{t+|mt|nom|xs=Maltese}}
* [[Marathi]]: {{t-|mr|नाम|sc=Deva|xs=Marathi}}
* Mongolian: {{t|mn|нэр үг|sc=Cyrl|xs=Mongolian}}
* {{trreq|Nepali}}
* {{trreq|Newari}}
* {{trreq|Northern Sami}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|substantiv|n}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t-|nn|substantiv|xs=Norwegian Nynorsk}}
* [[Novial]]: {{tø|nov|substantive|xs=Novial}}
* {{trreq|Occitan}}
* Old English: {{t-|ang|nama|m|xs=Old English}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|اسم|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|rzeczownik|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|substantivo|m}}
* [[Quechua]]: {{t|qu|sutirimana|xs=Quechua}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|substantiv|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|имя существительное|n|tr=ímja suščestvítel’noje|sc=Cyrl}}
* Sanskrit: {{t-|hr|नामन्|n|tr=nā́man|sc=Deva}}
* [[Scots]]: {{tø|sco|noun|xs=Scots}}
* [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|ainmear|m|xs=Scottish Gaelic}}
* Serbian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t-|sr|именица|sc=Cyrl}}
*: Roman: {{t-|sr|imenica|f}}
* [[Sicilian]]: {{t+|scn|sustantivu|xs=Sicilian}}
* {{trreq|Sinhalese}}
* Slovak: {{t+|sk|podstatné meno|n}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|samostalnik|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|sustantivo|m}}, {{t+|es|substantivo|m}}, {{qualifier|Venezuela}} {{t+|es|nombre|m}}
* {{trreq|Sundanese}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|nomino|xs=Swahili}}
* [[Swazi]]: {{t|ss|libito|xs=Swazi}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|substantiv|n}}, {{t+|sv|nomen|n}}
* [[Swiss German]]: {{tø|gsw|Substantiv|n|xs=Alemannic German}}
* [[Tagalog]]: {{t|tl|pangngalan|xs=Tagalog}}
* {{trreq|Tamil}}
* [[Tatar]]: {{tø|tt|исем|tr=isem}}
* [[Telugu]]: {{t|te|నామవాచకము|tr=nAmavAchakamu|sc=Telu}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|นาม|tr=naam|sc=Thai|xs=Thai}}, {{t|th|คำนาม|tr=khahm naam|sc=Thai|xs=Thai}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|isim}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|іменник|m|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}}
* [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{t|hsb|substantiw|m|xs=Upper Sorbian}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|danh từ|xs=Vietnamese}}
* [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|subsat|xs=Volapük}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|enw|xs=Welsh}}
* [[West Frisian]]: {{t|fy|haadwurd|n|xs=West Frisian}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|סובסטאנטיוו|n|tr=substantiv|sc=Hebr|xs=Yiddish}}
* {{trreq|Zazaki}}
{{trans-bottom}}

[[Category:English autological words]]
[[Category:Parts of speech]]

[[af:noun]]
[[ca:noun]]
[[cs:noun]]
[[de:noun]]
[[et:noun]]
[[el:noun]]
[[es:noun]]
[[fr:noun]]
[[fy:noun]]
[[ga:noun]]
[[ko:noun]]
[[io:noun]]
[[id:noun]]
[[is:noun]]
[[it:noun]]
[[sw:noun]]
[[lo:noun]]
[[la:noun]]
[[lt:noun]]
[[hu:noun]]
[[nl:noun]]
[[ja:noun]]
[[no:noun]]
[[pl:noun]]
[[pt:noun]]
[[ro:noun]]
[[ru:noun]]
[[scn:noun]]
[[simple:noun]]
[[fi:noun]]
[[ta:noun]]
[[te:noun]]
[[tr:noun]]
[[tk:noun]]
[[vi:noun]]
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