nous
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Ancient Greek νοῦς (nous) or νόος (noos), “‘mind’”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- nous, /naʊs/, /naUs/
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- Rhymes: -aʊs
[edit] Noun
nous (uncountable)
- (philosophy) The mind or intellect, reason
- In neoplatonism, the divine reason, regarded as first divine emanation.
- Common sense; practical intelligence.
[edit] Translations
(reason in philosophy)
[edit] Anagrams
- Anagrams of nosu
- onus
[edit] Catalan
[edit] Etymology 1
[edit] Adjective
nous m. pl.
[edit] Etymology 2
[edit] Noun
nous m. pl.
[edit] Etymology 3
[edit] Noun
nous m. pl.
[edit] French
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Etymology 1
From Latin nous, from Latin nos 'we'.
[edit] Pronoun
nous (p)
- The plural personal pronoun in the first person:
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French personal pronouns
| Number | Person | Gender | Nominative (subject) |
Reflexive | Accusative (direct complement) |
Dative (indirect complement) |
Locative (at) |
Genitive (of) |
Disjunctive (tonic) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | First | — | je, j' | me, m' | — | — | moi | ||
| Second | — | tu, t' | te, t' | — | — | toi | |||
| Third | Masculine | il | se, s' | le, l' | lui | y | en | lui | |
| Feminine | elle | la, l' | elle | ||||||
| — | on | — | — | — | — | soi | |||
| Plural | First | — | nous | nous | — | — | nous | ||
| Second | — | vous | vous | — | — | vous | |||
| Third | Masculine | ils | se, s' | les | leur | y | en | eux | |
| Feminine | elles | elles | |||||||
[edit] Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek νοῦς (nous) or νόος (noos), “‘mind’”).
[edit] Noun
nous m. (plural nous)
[edit] Middle French
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[edit] Pronoun
nous
[edit] Old French
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Pronoun
nous
[edit] Alternative spellings
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