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In older Western grammar based on the Latin tradition, the term '''noun''' is used for a word class that inflects for case, i.e. (in Latin and similar Indo-European languages) a class comprising both nouns and adjectives. 

=== Comments ===
The category of ''nomen'' is subclassified into the following subtypes: ''nomen substantivum, nomen adjectivum, nomen numerale'' etc. This terminology is still current in Russian (''imja''), Hebrew (''toʔar'') and other European languages.

=== Polysemy ===
* In English, ''noun'' more often refers to a word class that prototypically expresses things: see [[noun]].

=== Synonyms ===
* [[substantive (noun or adjective)]]

=== Origin ===
Latin ''nomen''

===Other languages===
*German [[Nomen]]
*Russian [[имя]]

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