English · Word Candidate

noun

/naʊn/

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Also seen as: nouns · nouning · nouned

Sense 1

Meaning · English

A 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.

Noun

Examples

Records have been broken, races have been dedicated, dreams have been dreamed, starts have been falsed and nouns have been verbed.

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Sense 2

Meaning · English

An object within a user interface to which a certain action or transformation (i.e., verb) is applied.

Noun

Examples

Nouns are the data; verbs are the data transformations, and therefore verbs represent much of the complexity of systems.

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Sense 3

Meaning · English

To convert a word to a noun.

Verb

Examples

What is not clear is how the nouning of verbs supports Simon's assumed correspondence between mechanical designing and intentional human responses. Is it the very nouning of verbs which indicates that the above correspondence exists?

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Common questions

What does “noun” mean?

Is “noun” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.