English

Alternative forms

• noos

Noun

nous

1. (philosophy) The mind or intellect, reason, both rational and emotional
   • 1900, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, On the Disastrous Spread of Aestheticism in all Classes

     I feel the will to roam, to learn

     By test, experience, nous,

     That fire is hot and ocean deep,

     And wolves carnivorous.

2. In Neoplatonism, the divine reason, regarded as first divine emanation.
3. Common sense; practical intelligence.

Related terms

• paranoia
• noesis
• noology
• noosphere
• nootropic

Translations

Anagrams

• onus

Catalan

Etymology 1

Adjective

nous

1. masculine plural of nou (new)

Etymology 2

Noun

nous

1. plural of nou (nines)

Etymology 3

Noun

nous

1. plural of nou (nuts)

Etymology 4

Verb

nous

1. second-person singular present indicative form of noure

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nu/
• Homophone: noue

Etymology 1

From Middle French nous, from Old French nous, nos, from Latin nōs, from Proto-Italic *nōs.

Pronoun

nous

1. The plural personal pronoun in the first person:
   1. (subject pronoun) we.
   2. (object pronoun) us, to us.

Related terms

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek νοῦς ‎(noûs) or νόος ‎(nóos, “mind”).

Noun

nous m ‎(plural nous)

1. The nous, (divine) reason in philosophy.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French nous.

Pronoun

nous

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

Descendants

• French: nous

Old French

Etymology

From Latin nōs.

Pronoun

nous

1. Alternative form of nos

Picard

Etymology

From Old French nous.

Pronoun

nous

1. we