A Topical Dictionary: Search for nous

Dictionary Results For "nous" [?]/[OPML]

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English

Pronunciation

nous, /naʊs/, /naUs/
An audio transcript can be found at en-us-nous.ogg

:Rhymes:English:-aʊs|Rhymes: -aʊs

Noun

nous (uncountable)

The mind or intellect.
common sense; practical intelligence.

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French

Pronunciation

An audio transcript can be found at Fr-nous.ogg
IPA: [nu]

Etymology

Latin nos

Pronoun

nous

(subject pronoun) we
(object pronoun) us, to us

Category:French pronouns

de:nous et:nous es:nous fr:nous ko:nous io:nous it:nous hu:nous pl:nous ru:nous fi:nous sv:nous te:nous vi:nous tr:nous uk:nous zh:nous

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Nous \Nous\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. noy^s mind.]
1. Intellect; understanding; talent; -- used humorously.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Philos.) The reason; the highest intellect; God regarded
as the World Reason.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] Nousel

WordNet nous
n 1: common sense; "she has great social nous"
2: that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings;
the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wandered"; "I
couldn't get his words out of my head" [syn: mind, head,
brain, psyche]

Moby Dictionary
Logos , Vernunft , World Reason , acuity , acuteness , adroitness ,
anima mundi , aptitude , aptness , archeus , brain , braininess , brains ,
brightness , brilliance , clear thinking , cleverness , conception ,
dexterity , discourse of reason , discursive reason , esprit , flair ,
genius , giftedness , gifts , gray matter , head , headpiece ,
infinite spirit , intellect , intellection , intellectual faculty ,
intelligence , keen-wittedness , keenness , mens , mental alertness ,
mental capacity , mentality , mercurial mind , mind ,
native cleverness , nimble mind , nimble-wittedness , nimbleness ,
oversoul , power of reason , psyche , quick parts , quick thinking ,
quick wit , quick-wittedness , quickness , ratio , rationality ,
ready wit , reason , reasoning , reasoning faculty , savvy ,
sharp-wittedness , sharpness , smartness , smarts , sprightly wit ,
supreme soul , talent , understanding , universal ego ,
universal life force , world principle , world soul , world spirit ,
world-self