"noun" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /nuːn/ Forms: nounes [plural], none [alternative], nown [alternative], nowne [alternative], noune [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Italic *nōmn̥ Latin nōmen Anglo-Norman noun, non, nombor. Middle English noun From Anglo-Norman noun, non, nom, from Latin nōmen, a semantic loan from Koine Greek ὄνομα (ónoma). Doublet of name. Etymology templates: {{etymon|enm|:bor|xno:nom<alt:noun, non, nom>|tree=+}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Italic *nōmn̥ Latin nōmen Anglo-Norman noun, non, nombor. Middle English noun [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "noun, non, nom", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₁nómn̥", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*nōmn̥", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "nōmen", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Anglo-Norman", "term" : "nom", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "xno" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "noun", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" }" data-lang="enm" data-title="noun">, {{bor|enm|xno|nom|noun, non, nom}} Anglo-Norman noun, non, nom, {{der|enm|la|nōmen}} Latin nōmen, {{noncog|grc-koi|ὄνομα}} Koine Greek ὄνομα (ónoma), {{doublet|enm|name}} Doublet of name Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|var=}} noun, {{enm-noun|nounes}} noun (plural nounes)
  1. (grammar) noun (part of speech; a category of words including substantives or nouns in the strict sense and adjectives)
    Sense id: en-noun-enm-noun-rBYmFmIA Categories (other): Grammar, Pages with etymology trees, Middle English entries with etymology trees, Middle English entries with etymon, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Grammar Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 36 37 10 4 11 1 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with etymology trees: 87 13 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with etymon: 81 19 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of Grammar: 98 2 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. An appellation.
    Sense id: en-noun-enm-noun-940hCZSU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: noun abstract, noune collectyf, nown collectif, nowne appellatiue, noun substantyf, noun adiectyf

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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