noun

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Contents 1 Pronunciation 2 Noun 2.1 Synonyms 2.2 See also

[change] Pronunciation

• IPA: /naʊn/
• SAMPA: /naUn/
•  Audio (US-Inland North)^{help, file}

[change] Noun

Singular noun

Plural nouns

1. A noun is a kind of word that is usually the name of a person, place, thing, quality, or idea. In English, nouns can be the subject or object of a sentence. They can be singular or plural.

   The word "cat" is a noun.

[change] Synonyms

• name
• substantive

[change] See also

• Category:Nouns

Types of nouns (edit)

common noun - proper noun | concrete noun - abstract noun count noun - uncountable noun (or mass noun)- collective noun singular noun - plural noun | possessive noun

Grammar (edit)
parts of speech	noun - verb - adjective - adverb - determiner - pronoun - conjunction - preposition - interjection
grammatical functions	subject - predicate - object - complement - modifier - adjunct - determiner
clauses	independent clause - dependent clause - subordinate clause - relative clause