noumen

Latin

Noun

noumen

1. Early variant of numen.

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

Declension of noumen

	singular	plural
nominative	noumen	noumeny
genitive	noumenu	noumenów
dative	noumenowi	noumenom
accusative	noumen	noumeny
instrumental	noumenem	noumenami
locative	noumenie	noumenach
vocative	noumenie	noumeny

Further reading

• noumen in Polish dictionaries at PWN