| noun | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. noun | a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action. |
| ~ content word, open-class word | a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned. |
| ~ substantive | any word or group of words functioning as a noun. |
| ~ noun | the word class that can serve as the subject or object of a verb, the object of a preposition, or in apposition. |
| ~ collective noun | a noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things. |
| ~ mass noun | a noun that does not form plurals. |
| ~ count noun | a noun that forms plurals. |
| ~ generic noun | a noun that does not specify either masculine or feminine gender. |
| ~ proper name, proper noun | a noun that denotes a particular thing; usually capitalized. |
| ~ common noun | a noun that denotes any or all members of a class. |
| n. (communication) | 2. noun | the word class that can serve as the subject or object of a verb, the object of a preposition, or in apposition. |
| ~ major form class | any of the major parts of speech of traditional grammar. |
| ~ noun | a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action. |
| ~ declension | the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages. |
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