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4-letter words (3 found)

MENO,NOME,OMEN,

3-letter words (7 found)

EMO,EON,MEN,MOE,MON,NOM,ONE,

2-letter words (9 found)

EM,EN,ME,MO,NE,NO,OE,OM,ON,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 20 words from nome according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of nome

nome

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /nəʊm/
  • (General American) enPR: nōm, IPA(key): /noʊm/
  • Rhymes: -əʊm, -oʊm
  • Homophones: Nome, gnome

Etymology 1

From French nome, from Ancient Greek νομός (nomós, “district”), from νέμω (némō, “I divide”). Doublet of nomos.

Noun

nome (plural nomes)

  2. A prefecture or unit of regional government in Greece.
  3. A territorial division of ancient Egypt.
Translations

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos), from νέμω (némō, “I divide”). Differs from Etymology 1 in the position of Ancient Greek accent, though from the same root.

Noun

nome (plural nomes)

  2. A type of musical composition in Ancient Greece.
Translations

Etymology 3

Contraction.

Interjection

nome

  2. (US, regional) Alternative form of no'm (“no ma'am”).

Etymology 4

The sense "term" is from French -nôme, second element of binôme etc., again from Ancient Greek νομός (nomós) here in its sense "division". The name of the special function may be identical or may be an independent borrowing from the Greek.

Noun

nome

  2. (mathematics, obsolete) A term in an algebraic expression.
  3. (mathematics) A special function with which elliptic functions and modular forms can be described.

References

Further reading

  • Nome (melody) in the 1905 edition of the New International Encyclopedia.
  • Nome (Egypt) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

See also

  • nome sane

Anagrams

  • Nemo, meno-, mone, Meno, nemo, omen, Moen, meon, Meon, Mone, Emon, NEMO

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin nōmen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnome/
  • Syllabification: no‧me
  • Rhymes: -ome

Noun

nome m (plural nomes)

  1. name

Asturian

Alternative forms

  • ñome
  • nombre (Llanes)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnome/ [ˈno.me]
  • Rhymes: -ome
  • Syllabification: no‧me

Noun

nome m (plural nomes)

  1. name
  2. noun

Synonyms

  • (noun): sustantivu

Derived terms

  • nome común
  • nome propiu

Related terms

  • nomar
  • nombrar

Bavarian

Noun

nome

  1. (Sappada, Sauris) name

References

  • Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien.

Esperanto

Etymology

nomo +‎ -e

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnome/
  • Rhymes: -ome
  • Hyphenation: no‧me

Adverb

nome

  1. namely

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese nome, from Latin nōmen, nōminis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnome/ [ˈnõ.mɪ]
  • Rhymes: -ome
  • Hyphenation: no‧me

Noun

nome m (plural nomes)

  1. name
  2. (grammar) a noun, a substantive or adjective
    Synonyms: nome común, nome propio
  3. (figuratively) fame, renown
    Synonyms: fama, renome, sona

Derived terms

Related terms

References

  • Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “nome”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “nome”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “nome”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “nome”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “nome”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Ido

Etymology

From nomo +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnome/
  • Hyphenation: no‧me

Adverb

nome

  1. namely (specifically)

References

  • nome in Ido-English Dictionary by L.H. Dyer, 1924

Istro-Romanian

Etymology

From Latin nōmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥. Compare Romanian nume.

Noun

nome (definite nomelu)

  1. name

Italian

Etymology

From Latin nōmen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈno.me/, /ˈnɔ.me/
  • Rhymes: -ome, -ɔme
  • Hyphenation: nó‧me, nò‧me

Noun

nome m (plural nomi)

  1. name
  2. first name
    Synonyms: nome di battesimo, prenome
  3. name, reputation
    Synonyms: reputazione, fama
  4. (grammar) noun

Hyponyms

  • (noun): nome aggettivo = aggettivo, nome sostantivo = sostantivo

Related terms

See also

References

Anagrams

  • Meno, meno, meno-, menò

Leonese

Etymology

From Latin nōmen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnome/, [ˈno.me]
  • Rhymes: -ome
  • Hyphenation: no‧me

Noun

nome m (plural nomes)

  1. name

References

  • nome at the Diccionario Castellano-Leonés / Leonés-Castellano.
  • nome at the Pallabeiru Llïonés.

Middle English

Noun

nome (plural nomes)

  1. (West Midlands, Southern) alternative form of name

Mirandese

Etymology

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

Noun

nome m (plural nomes)

  1. name

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • noment

Adjective

nome

  1. neuter of nomen

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin nōmen (“name”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnome/

Noun

nome m (plural nomes)

  1. name
    • […] Loado ſeia ſeu Nome.
      […] may his Name be praised.

Descendants

  • Fala: nomi
  • Galician: nome
  • Portuguese: nome

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese nome, from Latin nōmen (“name”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Pronunciation

  • (Rural Central Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈno.mʲ/
  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -omɨ, (Brazil) -õmi, (Southern Brazil) -ome
  • Hyphenation: no‧me

Noun

nome m (plural nomes)

  1. name (word or phrase which identifies an individual person, place, class, or thing)
  2. name (what somebody is known for)
  3. (grammar) noun
  4. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) insult

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:nome.

Synonyms

  • (word indicating something): denominação
  • (reputation): reputação
  • (noun): substantivo

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: nomi
  • Kabuverdianu: nómi
  • Macanese: nómi

Further reading

  • “nome”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
  • “nome”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnome/ [ˈno.me]
  • Rhymes: -ome
  • Syllabification: no‧me

Noun

nome m (plural nomes)

  1. (obsolete) name
    Synonym: nombre

Related terms

Further reading

  • “nome”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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