How do you use the word "noun" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "noun" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "noun": This type of noun phrase is called a "concealed question". '-osity' is an abstract noun word ending created from the ending of an '-ous' adjective.

Noun Meaning

/naʊn/

Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, word, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea: one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.

nounEither a word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality or idea, or a word that modifies or describes a previous word or its referent; a substantive or adjective, sometimes also including other parts of speech such as numeral or pronoun.

Sentence Examples

This type of noun phrase is called a "concealed question".

'-osity' is an abstract noun word ending created from the ending of an '-ous' adjective.

CEFR Practice Quiz

In the sentence, 'The cat sat on the mat,' the word 'cat' is a ____.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

In the sentence 'The cat sat on the mat', the word 'cat' acts as the principal ____.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Italic *nōmn̥ Latin nōmen Anglo-Norman noun, non, nombor. Middle English noun English noun Inherited from Middle English noun, from Anglo-Norman noun, non, nom, from Latin nōmen (“name; noun”). The grammatical sense in Latin was a semantic loan from Koine Greek ὄνομα (ónoma). Doublet of name and nomen.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Records have been broken, races have been dedicated, dreams have been dreamed, starts have been falsed and nouns have been verbed." — 2011 September 1, Harry Pearson, “London 2012 can legacy by verbing the noun”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 22 Sep 2024:

"Communication is a kind of beauty, he said – and “beauty manifests itself from the noun itself, without strawberries on the cake.”" — 2019 September 24, Jessie Yeung, quoting Pope Francis, “Pope Francis loves nouns but is ‘allergic’ to adjectives”, in CNN, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2019:

"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." — 1753, Thomas Martin, An Explanation of the Accidence and Grammar To the End of the Syntax in which The Grounds of each Rule in the Syntax are laid down in the plainest Manner. Compiled By way of Question and Answer, For the Use of Schools., London, page 1:

"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." — 1786, Signor Veneroni, The Complete Italian Master; Containing The best and easiest Rules for attaining that Language, London, page 6:

"The first part of a compound word is either a noun (substantive, adjective, or numeral), an adverb, or a preposition, and in a very few cases a verb." — 1852, Leonhard Schmitz, Elementary Latin grammar, Edinburgh, page 123:

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