Noun

The term noun is used in English (and in French nom) to denote a member of the word class whose members are most typical expressions for things.

Polysemy
Noun may also refer to
 * a superclass consisting of nouns and adjectives; see noun (Latin nomen)

Synonyms

 * substantive (continental)

Origin
This meaning results form ellipsis of the fuller form substantive noun (= Latin nomen substantivum). In other European Languages, the ellipted part was nomen, so English noun corresponds to German Substantiv, Russian suščestvitel'noe, etc.

Other languages

 * Czech jméno
 * Spanish nombre

Links
Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics