noun

UK
/naʊn/
US
/naʊn/
nounverb
nouned
Präteritum
nouned
Partizip Perfekt
nouning
Gerundium
UK
/naʊn/
US
/naʊn/
Rare but attested transitive/intransitive use: ‘to convert a word into a noun or to use a word as a noun’.
Übersetzungen
nominaliserGrammaire : transformer un mot en nom ou l’employer comme nom.
In the sentence ‘The poor should be helped,’ the adjective ‘poor’ has been nouned.
Dans la phrase « The poor should be helped », l’adjectif « poor » a été nominalisé.
Definitionen
To convert (a word) into a noun or to use (a word) as a noun.
In the sentence ‘The poor should be helped,’ the adjective ‘poor’ has been nouned.
nounadjektiv
Attributive use modifying another noun, e.g. “noun phrase”, “noun clause”. Non-gradable.
Übersetzungen
nominalGrammaire : qui se rapporte au nom ou joue un rôle nominal.
The chapter on noun clauses is particularly helpful.
Le chapitre sur les propositions nominales est particulièrement utile.
Definitionen
Relating to or functioning as a noun.
The chapter on noun clauses is particularly helpful.
nounsubstantiv
nouns
Pl.
UK
/naʊn/
US
/naʊn/
Übersetzungen
In the sentence 'The cat sat on the mat,' both 'cat' and 'mat' are nouns.
Dans la phrase « The cat sat on the mat », « cat » et « mat » sont des noms.
Definitionen
A word that is the name of something (such as a person, animal, place, thing, quality, idea, or action) and is typically used in a sentence as the subject or object of a verb or as the object of a preposition.
In the sentence 'The cat sat on the mat,' both 'cat' and 'mat' are nouns.