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3-letter words (2 found)

MON,NOM,

2-letter words (4 found)

MO,NO,OM,ON,

You can make 6 words from nom according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of nom

nom onm nmo mno omn mon

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Definitions and meaning of nom

nom

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /nɒm/
  • (US) IPA: /nɑm/
  • Rhymes: -ɒm

Etymology 1

Short form of various words.

Noun

nom (plural noms)

  1. (informal) Clipping of nomination.
    • 2000 May 30, "Webmaster -- Kevin Stroud" (username), "Re: RBL nomination for 195.235.113.140 (mail.teleline.es) -- 5th supporting email, in news.admin.net-abuse.email, Usenet:
      I have already submitted a revised (in terms of format) nomination. [] In the future I will try to better organize my information (one message per nom, snip out excess spam if I post, etc.).
    • 2010 February 13, "Juan F. Lara" (username), "2/5-7 Weekend BoxOffice", in rec.arts.animation and rec.arts.disney.animation, Usenet:
      Particularly "Mr. Fox" now that it has an Oscar nom to boast about.
  2. (informal) Clipping of nominator.
  3. (informal) Clipping of nominee.

Verb

nom (third-person singular simple present noms, present participle nomming, simple past and past participle nommed)

  1. (transitive, informal) Clipping of nominate.
    • 2007, Variety staff, "Composer Prince dies" (obituary):
      Emmy-nommed composer Robert Prince died March 4 in Los Angeles after a brief illness.

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic, variant of num, num-num. Attested 2004 as om nom, om nom nom, popularized from 2007 in internet use, second place in American Dialect Society "Word of the Year" 2010. From the catchphrase of Cookie Monster on Sesame Street, as at the end of “C Is For Cookie” (1971), made when devouring cookies. However, as late as 2009, this was canonically written with a ‘u’, as in S is For School! (2006), as “num num”, or in the press kit for the 40th season (2009), as “un num num num num”; by 2013 this was changed to the now-popular nom.

Interjection

nom

  1. (colloquial) Used to denote eating, or enjoyment of eating. Commonly used as "nom nom nom".
    [to a baby]
Translations

Verb

nom (third-person singular simple present noms, present participle nomming, simple past and past participle nommed)

  1. (colloquial) To eat with noisy enjoyment. [+ on (object)]
Related terms
Translations

Usage notes

Considered annoying and childish by some.

References

See also

Anagrams

  • MNO, MON, Mon, Mon., NMO, ONM, mon, mon-, mon.

Akan

Pronunciation

  • Tone: LL

Verb

nom

  1. to drink
    nom nsu - to drink water

References

  • Christaller, Johann Gottlieb (1881) A Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language Called Tshi (Chwee, Tw̌i)[5], Basel, page 337

Aromanian

Alternative forms

  • nomu

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek νόμος (nómos).

Noun

nom n (plural nomuri)

  1. law
  2. rule
  3. belief

Synonyms

  • (law): leadzi, zãcon
  • (belief): pisti, fedi

Bikol Central

Alternative forms

  • nem

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnom/, [ˈn̪om]

Interjection

nom (Basahan spelling ᜈᜓᜋ᜔)

  1. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) Hello
    Synonyms: komusta, tara

Phrase

nom (Basahan spelling ᜈᜓᜋ᜔)

  1. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) What's up?
    Synonym: tara

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan nom, from Latin nōmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈnɔm]
  • Rhymes: -ɔm

Noun

nom m (plural noms)

  1. name (word that indicates a particular person, place, or thing)
  2. (grammar) noun
  3. name (reputation)

Synonyms

  • (name): apel·latiu
  • (noun): substantiu
  • (reputation): fama, reputació

Derived terms

  • anomenar
  • malnom
  • nom propi

Related terms

  • cognom
  • nominal
  • nominatiu
  • pronom
  • sobrenom

References

  • “nom” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “nom”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “nom” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “nom” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Eskayan

Numeral

nom

  1. six

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French nom (whence Norman nom), from Latin nōmen (whence Italian and Portuguese nome; Spanish nombre), from Proto-Italic *nomən, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (whence Ancient Greek ὄνομα (ónoma), Russian и́мя (ímja), Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man), English name).

Pronunciation

  • (Paris) IPA(key): /nɔ̃/
  • (Quebec) IPA(key): /nõʊ̯̃/
  • Rhymes: -ɔ̃
  • Homophones: noms, non, nons

Noun

nom m (plural noms)

  1. a name, especially a last name or family name
    Un nom de famille est un nom propre.A family name is a proper noun.
    Votre nom et prénom, s’il vous plaît.Your last name and first name, please.
  2. a noun
    Un nom de famille est un nom propre.A family name is a proper noun.

Hyponyms

  • (noun): nom adjectif (= adjectif), nom substantif (= substantif)

Derived terms

Related terms

  • nomination
  • nomenclature

Descendants

  • Antillean Creole: non
  • Haitian Creole: non
  • Louisiana Creole: nom
  • Mauritian Creole: non
  • Seychellois Creole: non

Further reading

  • “nom”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • mon

Galician

Adverb

nom

  1. reintegrationist spelling of non

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin nōmen (whence French nom, Italian nome, Portuguese nome, Spanish nombre), from Proto-Italic *nomən, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (whence Ancient Greek ὄνομα (ónoma), Russian и́мя (ímja), Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man), English name).

Noun

nom

  1. name

Javanese

Romanization

nom

  1. Romanization of ꦤꦺꦴꦩ꧀

Kalasha

Etymology

From Sanskrit नामन् (nāman), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (name). Compare Khowar نم (nam).

Noun

nom (Arabic نوم)

  1. name

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian nome.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɔːm/

Noun

nom m (plural nomi)

  1. (grammar) noun

Middle English

Verb

nom

  1. third-person preterite of nimen

Norman

Alternative forms

  • naom (Guernsey)

Etymology

From Old French nom (whence French nom), from Latin nōmen (whence Italian nome, Portuguese nome, Spanish nombre), from Proto-Italic *nomən, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (whence Ancient Greek ὄνομα (ónoma), Russian и́мя (ímja), Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man), English name).

Pronunciation

Noun

nom m (plural noms)

  1. (Jersey) name
  2. (Jersey, grammar) noun

Derived terms

  • nom vèrbal (verbal noun, gerund)

Northwestern Dinka

Noun

nom (plural nïïm)

  1. head

References

  • Dinka-English Dictionary[6], 2005

Occitan

Alternative forms

  • (Provence) noum

Etymology

From Old Occitan nom, from Latin nōmen (whence French nom, Italian nome, Portuguese nome, Spanish nombre), from Proto-Italic *nomən, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (whence Ancient Greek ὄνομα (ónoma), Russian и́мя (ímja), Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man), English name).

Pronunciation

Noun

nom m (plural noms)

  1. name
  2. (grammar) noun

Derived terms

Old French

Alternative forms

  • non, noum, noun, num, nun

Etymology

Inherited from Latin nōmen.

Noun

nom oblique singularm (oblique plural nons, nominative singular nons, nominative plural nom)

  1. name
  2. (grammar) noun

Descendants

  • French: nom
  • Norman: nom
  • Walloon: no
  • Middle English: noun, none, nown, nowne, noune
    • English: noun

Old Galician-Portuguese

Adverb

nom

  1. Alternative form of non
    • 14th-15th centuries, O Livro de Exopo, A rã e o boi:

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin nōmen (whence Italian nome, Portuguese nome, Spanish nombre), from Proto-Italic *nomən, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (whence Ancient Greek ὄνομα (ónoma), Russian и́мя (ímja), Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man), English name).

Noun

nom m (oblique plural noms, nominative singular noms, nominative plural nom)

  1. name

Descendants

  • Occitan: nom

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: nom

Adverb

nom (not comparable)

  1. Pronunciation spelling of não, representing Minhoto, Portuense and Transmontano Portuguese.

Sawi

Particle

nom

  1. don't
    Tadan nom!Don't be afraid!

See also

  • haser

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [nɔm˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [nɔm˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [nɔm˧˧]

Verb

nom • (𥈶, 𫌢)

  1. to look at
  2. to look after

Derived terms


Source: wiktionary.org