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Noh
Noh
English
Alternative forms
- No
- Nō
Noun
Noh (countable and uncountable, plural Nohs)
- (uncountable) A form (style) of classical Japanese musical drama.
- (countable, rare, possibly dated) An individual play of this style.
- For usage examples of this term, see Citations:Noh.
Translations
Japanese musical drama
Anagrams
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Central Franconian
Etymology
From Old High German nāh.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɔː/
Adjective
noh (masculine nohe, feminine noh, comparative noher or nöher or nöhter, superlative et nohste or nöhste or nöhtste or nöchste or nächste)
Usage notes
- The comparation forms with -o- are Moselle Franconian, those with -ö- are Ripuarian.
- The superlatives nächste (Moselle Franconian) and nöchste (Ripuarian) are used in the sense of English next, though the more regular forms can have this sense as well.