noun
Betekenis (English)
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- A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, word, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea: one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.
- Either a word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality or idea, or a word that modifies or describes a previous word or its referent; a substantive or adjective, sometimes also including other parts of speech such as numeral or pronoun.
- An object within a user interface to which a certain action or transformation (i.e., verb) is applied.
Synonyms
noun substantive
naming word
𐑌𐐵𐑌
Frekwensie
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/naʊn/
Etimologie (English)
In summary
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.
Boekmerk dit
Verbeter jou uitspraak
Skryf hierdie woord
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