noumen

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

noumen n (genitive nouminis); third declension

  1. (Old Latin) alternative form of nūmen

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

singular plural
nominative noumen noumina
genitive nouminis nouminum
dative nouminī nouminibus
accusative noumen noumina
ablative noumine nouminibus
vocative noumen noumina

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Noumenon. Doublet of noumenon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɔw.mɛn/
  • Rhymes: -ɔwmɛn
  • Syllabification: nou‧men

Noun

noumen m inan

  1. (Kantian philosophy) noumenon, thing-in-itself (thing as it is independent of any conceptualization)
    Synonyms: noumenon, rzecz sama w sobie
  2. (Platonic philosophy) noumenon (essence of a thing, as opposed to a phenomenon, knowable only by reason)
    Synonym: noumenon

Declension

Further reading

  • noumen in Polish dictionaries at PWN