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• NOUN — NOU Les Égyptiens ayant conçu la création à l’image de celle de leur pays, lui même considéré comme étant le «don du Nil», le Noun désigne l’océan liquide qui existait avant que le monde ne fût créé. Et, de même que le Nil, lors de la crue, ne… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Noun — (noun), n. [OF. noun, nun, num, non, nom, F. nom, fr. L. nomen name. See {Name}.] (Gram.) A word used as the designation or appellation of a creature or thing, existing in fact or in thought; a substantive. [1913 Webster] Note: By some… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• noun — [naun] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Anglo French; Origin: name, noun , from Old French nom, from Latin nomen; NOMINAL] a word or group of words that represent a person (such as Michael , teacher or police officer ), a place (such as France or school ),… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• noun — (n.) late 14c., from Anglo Fr. noun name, noun, from O.Fr. nom, non (Mod.Fr. nom), from L. nomen name, noun (see NAME (Cf. name) (n.)). Old English used name to mean noun. Related: Nounal …   Etymology dictionary

• noun — ► NOUN Grammar ▪ a word (other than a pronoun) used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things (common noun) , or to name a particular one of these (proper noun) . ORIGIN Old French, from Latin nomen name …   English terms dictionary

• noun — Grammar a word (other than a pronoun) used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things (common noun), or to name a particular one of these (proper noun). Derivatives nounal adjective Origin ME: from Anglo Norman Fr., from L. nomen… …   English new terms dictionary

• noun — [noun] n. [ME nowne < OFr noun, nom < L nomen, NAME] Gram. any of a class of words naming or denoting a person, thing, place, action, quality, etc. (Ex.: woman, water, New York, talking, beauty) …   English World dictionary

• noun — [ naun ] noun count * a word or group of words used for referring to a person, thing, place, or quality . Mother, rope, California, and peace of mind are all nouns …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• noun — A noun is a word that names a person or thing. Common nouns name persons or things which are not peculiar to one example, i.e. are of a general nature (bridge, girl, sugar, unhappiness), whereas proper nouns name persons or things of which there… …   Modern English usage

• Noun — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Noun (homonymie). Noun Divinité égyptienne Nom en hiéroglyphes …   Wikipédia en Français

• noun — n. 1) to decline, inflect a noun 2) an abstract; attributive; collective; common; count; mass, uncountable; predicate; proper; verbal noun 3) a feminine; masculine; neuter noun * * * [naʊn] attributive collective common count inflect a noun …   Combinatory dictionary