(grammar) A noun used in the predicate of a sentence with a copulative verb or a factitive verb and that refers to the subject of the copulative verb or the direct object of the factitive verb. For example "He is a fireman" or "They made him chief".

plural of noun class

(grammar) The plural form of a common noun / (grammar) A noun that inherently refers to multiple items

uncountable noun

(grammar) a noun which is used attributively to modify or qualify another noun, in a different way to an adjective. For example, in railway station, railway is used as a modifier to describe what kind of station it is.

A noun that refers to a substance.

plural of noun modifier

In Arabic and other Semitic languages, a noun formed from a root and expressing the sense of "place of X".

(grammar) noun that describes something general (rather than that which is purely unique)

(grammar, obsolete) 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.