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noun substantive

noun

Etymology

From Middle English noun substantyf, a calque of Latin nōmen substantīvum.

  1. derived from nōmen substantīvum
  2. inherited from noun substantyf

Definitions

  1. A word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon,…

    A word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea; one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.

    • Q. What is a Noun? A. The Name of a Thing. Q. How many Sorts of Nouns are there? [...] A. A Noun Substantive, and a Noun Adjective.
    • A Noun is a word which serves to name and distinguish some thing; [...]. There are two sorts of nouns; one is called a noun substantive, and the other a noun adjective.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for noun substantive. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA