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noh

/nəʊ//noʊ/

noh noun: a form of classical Japanese music drama.

Noun (1)

noh (uncountable)

  1. A form of classical Japanese music drama.

Noun (2) capitalized: Noh

Noh (countable and uncountable, plural Nohs)

  1. (uncountable) A kind of classical Japanese musical drama.
  2. (countable, dated, possibly, rare) An individual play in this style.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Noh.

Noun (3) capitalized: NOH

NOH (plural NOHs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of notice of hearing.

Forms of noh

alternative formnō
alternative formnou
pluralNohs
alternative formNo
alternative formNō
pluralNOHs

Origin of noh

Borrowed from Japanese 能 (nō), from Middle Chinese 能 (nong, “talent, ability”).

An irregular romanization of Japanese 能 (nō, literally “[performing] skill, talent”).

Words that rhyme with noh

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Questions about noh

What does noh mean?
Noh means a form of classical Japanese music drama.
What part of speech is noh?
Noh is a noun.
How do you pronounce noh?
Noh is pronounced /nəʊ/ (UK).
What is the plural of noh?
The plural of noh is Nohs.

Words near noh in the dictionary

  1. Noguera
  2. Nogueras
  3. noguers
  4. Noguez
  5. Noguezes
  6. noh
  7. Noha
  8. NOHC
  9. nohkan
  10. NoHo
  11. nohow

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: noh (page history and authors); Noh (page history and authors); NOH (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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