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Is nom a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word nom is a Scrabble US word. The word nom is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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Is nom a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word nom is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

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You can make 6 words from 'nom' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

3 letters words from 'nom'

MON 5NOM 5

2 letters words from 'nom'

MO 4NO 2
OM 4ON 2

All 3 letters words made out of nom

nom onm nmo mno omn mon

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word nom. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in nom.

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.).
    • 2001 July 17, "William Tunstall-Pedoe" (username), "problems/suggestions for this group", in alt.anagrams, Usenet:
      The obvious way to reduce the number of noms is to increase the standard.
    • 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.
    • 1998, "blaque" (username), "A Teeny Favor (Was: Re: NOMINATION: Ms A.T. Rookie (fwd)", in alt.tasteless, Usenet:
      I have a little request to make. When you kids nom, do you think you could make clear who it is you're nomming -- and maybe even include the article headers for the voters (and the judge) -- many of whom are not psychics?
    • 2001, "William Tunstall-Pedoe" (username), "problems/suggestions for this group", in alt.anagrams, Usenet:
      Quite a big percentage of the anagrams posted here get nommed - IMO it should only be around 20% or so.
    • 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.

Interjection

nom

  1. (informal) 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. (informal) To eat with noisy enjoyment.
Related terms
  • nom nom nom
  • num
  • yum
  • yum yum
Translations

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)‎[1], Basel

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

Phrase

nom (Legazpi)

  1. what's up
    Synonym: tara

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan nom, from Latin nōmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /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

Further reading

  • “nom” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “nom” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
  • “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

From Old French nom (whence Norman 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

  • (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.
  2. A noun.

Hyponyms

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

Derived terms

Related terms

  • nomination
  • nomenclature

Descendants

  • Antillean Creole: non
  • Haitian Creole: non
  • Louisiana Creole French: 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. Alternative form 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

Alternative forms

  • Carakan: ꦤꦺꦴꦩ꧀
  • Roman: anom (literary), enom, ênom (dated)

Adjective

nom (ngoko nom, krama nèm, krama inggil timur)

  1. young
    Antonym: tuwa
  2. (of fruit) unripe
    Antonyms: dalu, mateng, tuwa
    Synonym: mentah
  3. (of color) whitish
    Antonym: tuwa
  4. (of roof) very slanting
    Antonym: tuwa
  5. (of date) of first half of a month
    Antonym: tuwa

References

  • "nom" in Tim Balai Bahasa Yogyakarta, Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa). Kanisius, Yogyakarta

Kamkata-viri

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *nā́ma- (whence Ashkun nām, Prasuni nom, Waigali nām), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́ma (whence Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man), Avestan 𐬥𐬁𐬨𐬀𐬥‎ (nāman), Persian نام‎ (nâm)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (whence Ancient Greek ὄνομα (ónoma), Latin nōmen, Russian и́мя (ímja), English name). Compare Kalasha نوم‎ (nom).

Noun

nom

  1. name

Maltese

Etymology

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”)

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

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 nons, nominative singular nons, nominative plural nom)

  1. name

Descendants

  • → English: noun
  • French: nom
  • Norman: nom
  • Walloon: no

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

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈnõ/
  • Hyphenation: nom

Adverb

nom (not comparable)

  1. (dated, dialectal) Alternative form of não
    • 14th-15th centuries, O Livro de Exopo, A rã e o boi:
      Madre, nom faças, ca tu es muy pequena cousa a rrespeyto d’este boy.
      Mother, don't do it, because you are a very small thing compared to this ox.

Sawi

Particle

nom

  1. don't

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
  • (French) a name.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)