English > noun: 2 senses > noun 1, communicationMeaning | A content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action. |
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Parts | noun | The word class that can serve as the subject or object of a verb, the object of a preposition, or in apposition |
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Narrower | collective noun | A noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things |
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common noun | A noun that denotes any or all members of a class |
count noun | A noun that forms plurals |
generic noun | A noun that does not specify either masculine or feminine gender |
mass noun | A noun that does not form plurals |
proper noun, proper name | A noun that denotes a particular thing |
Broader | content word, open-class word | A word to which an independent meaning / meaning can be assigned |
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substantive | Any word or group of words functioning as a noun |
Spanish | nombre, substantivo, sustantivo |
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Catalan | nom, substantiu |
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Adjectives | appellative | pertaining to or dealing with or used as a common noun |
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