nous

Alternative forms

• noos

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: nous, IPA: /naʊs/

• (US) enPR: noo͞s, IPA: /nuːs/

Noun

nous (uncountable)

1. (philosophy) The mind or intellect, reason, both rational and emotional
2. In Neoplatonism, the divine reason, regarded as first divine emanation.
3. Common sense; practical intelligence.
4. The mindset of a society, culture, or group -- as in Homer's use in the third verse of the Odyssey.

Anagrams

• Onsu, Osun, Suon, UNOS, Unos, onus, ouns

Adjective

nous

1. masculine plural of nou (new)

Noun

nous

1. plural of nou (nines)

Noun

nous

1. plural of nou (nuts)

Verb

nous

1. second-person singular present indicative form of noure

Pronunciation

• IPA: /nu/, (before a vowel) /nu.z‿/
• Homophones: noue, nouent, noues

Pronoun

nous (first-person plural, singular je, object nous, emphatic nous, possessive determiner notre)

1. the plural personal pronoun in the first person:
   1. (subject pronoun) we.
      • Synonym: on (informal)
   2. (object pronoun) us, to us.
2. (royal, obsolete) we (as the royal we)

Noun

nous m (plural nous)

1. the nous, (divine) reason in philosophy

Pronoun

nous

1. we (subject pronoun)
2. ourselves (reflexive pronoun)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /nus/

Pronoun

nous

1. Alternative form of nos

Pronoun

nous

1. we