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5-letter words (1 found)

NOMEN,

4-letter words (6 found)

MENO,NEMN,NEON,NOME,NONE,OMEN,

3-letter words (8 found)

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

2-letter words (9 found)

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

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nomen onmen nmoen mnoen omnen monen noemn onemn neomn enomn oenmn eonmn nmeon mneon nemon enmon menon emnon omenn moenn oemnn eomnn meonn emonn nomne onmne nmone mnone omnne monne nonme onnme nnome nnome onnme nonme nmnoe mnnoe nnmoe nnmoe mnnoe nmnoe omnne monne onmne nomne mnone nmone noenm onenm neonm enonm oennm eonnm nonem onnem nnoem nnoem onnem nonem nenom ennom nneom nneom ennom nenom oennm eonnm onenm noenm enonm neonm nmeno mneno nemno enmno menno emnno nmneo mnneo nnmeo nnmeo mnneo nmneo nenmo ennmo nnemo nnemo ennmo nenmo menno emnno mneno nmeno enmno nemno omenn moenn oemnn eomnn meonn emonn omnen monen onmen nomen mnoen nmoen oenmn eonmn onemn noemn enomn neomn menon emnon mneon nmeon enmon nemon

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Definitions and meaning of nomen

nomen

Etymology

From Latin nōmen (“name”), a clipping of nōmen gentīle (“family name”). Doublet of name and noun.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnəʊmən/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈnoʊmən/
  • Rhymes: -əʊmən

Noun

nomen (plural nomina or nomens)

  1. (historical) The family name of an Ancient Roman, designating their gens.
  2. (historical) The birth name of a pharaoh, the fifth of the five names of the royal titulary, traditionally encircled by a cartouche and preceded by the title zꜣ-rꜥ.
  3. A taxonomic name.

Hypernyms

  • (Roman name): See surname
  • (Pharaonic name): See given name

Coordinate terms

  • (Roman name): praenomen (personal name), cognomen (epithet or clan name), agnomen (epithet)
  • (Pharaonic name): serekh name, Two Ladies name, gold name, praenomen (throne name)

Related terms

Anagrams

  • Menno, Menon

Asturian

Verb

nomen

  1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of nomar

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *nomen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”). The long ō (and spurious g in compounds) is from false association with gnōscō (“know, recognize”). In the grammatical sense of “noun”, it is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek ὄνομα (ónoma).

Cognate with Hittite 𒆷𒀀𒈠𒀭 (lāman), Ancient Greek ὄνομα (ónoma), Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man), Tocharian A ñom, Old Irish ainmm, Old Church Slavonic имѧ (imę), Old English nama (English name). Doublet of onoma.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnoː.men/, [ˈnoːmɛn]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈno.men/, [ˈnɔːmen]

Noun

nōmen n (genitive nōminis); third declension

  1. name
  2. (historical) Short for nomen gentile, nomen, the family name in a Roman name, indicating the person's gens
  3. title
  4. (grammar) noun, inclusive of substantives, adjectives, pronouns, articles, and numerals
  5. (figuratively) debt, particularly a written bond or item of debt
  6. (figuratively, metonymically) people, race
  7. (figuratively) fame, renown
  8. (figuratively) reputation, good name

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Synonyms

  • onoma (Medieval Latin)

Hyponyms

  • grammar: nōmen substantīvum (substantīvum), nōmen adiectīvum (adiectīvum), prōnōmen, articulus, nōmen numerāle

Derived terms

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Descendants

Further reading

  • “nomen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “nomen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nomen in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • nomen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • “nomen”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “nomen”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Middle Dutch

Verb

nōmen

  1. (Flemish) Alternative form of noemen

Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈnomen/

Noun

nomen

  1. (grammar) nominal

Inflection

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Latin nōmen.

Noun

nomen n (definite singular nomenet, indefinite plural nomen, definite plural nomena)

  1. (grammar) noun (i.e. nouns and adjectives)
  2. (grammar, newer) noun (i.e. nouns, adjectives, pronouns (and partially also numerals and infinitive forms of verbs))
Related terms
  • nominal

Etymology 2

From Old Norse numinn, past participle of nema. Compare with Norwegian Bokmål nummen.

Adjective

nomen (neuter nome or noment, definite singular and plural nomne, comparative nomnare, indefinite superlative nomnast, definite superlative nomnaste)

  1. numb
Related terms
  • næm

References

  • “nomen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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