NOUN


Meaning of NOUN in English

■ ~ Grammar a word (other than a pro~) used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things ( common ~ ), or to name a particular one of these ( proper ~ ).

Derivatives

~al adjective

Origin

ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr., from L. nomen 'name'.

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.