nom

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.2 Verb 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Interjection 1.3.2 Verb 1.3.2.1 Related terms 1.4 Anagrams 2 Catalan 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Synonyms 3 French 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun 3.3.1 Synonyms 3.3.2 Derived terms 3.4 Anagrams 4 Maltese 4.1 Noun 5 Middle English 5.1 Verb 6 Occitan 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Noun 6.2.1 Derived terms 7 Old French 7.1 Alternative spellings 7.2 Etymology 7.3 Noun 7.3.1 Descendants 8 Sawi 8.1 Particle 8.1.1 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /nɒm/, SAMPA: /nQm/

  Rhymes: -ɒm

[edit] Etymology 1

Shortened from nomination, nominee, and so on.

[edit] Noun

nom (plural noms)

1. Nomination. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)
2. Nominee. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

[edit] Verb

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

1. (transitive) To nominate.
   • 1998, "blaque", A Teeny Favor (Was: Re: NOMINATION: Ms AT Rookie (fwd) (on Internet newsgroup alt.tasteless)

     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 head- ers ^[sic] for the voters (and the judge) -- many of whom are not psychics?

   • 2001, "William Tunstall-Pedoe", problems/suggestions for this group (on Internet newsgroup alt.anagrams)

     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" - Emmy-nommed composer Robert Prince died March 4 in Los Angeles after a brief illness.

[edit] Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

[edit] Interjection

nom

1. Used to denote eating, or enjoyment of eating.

   [to a baby] You are so cute, I could just eat you right up! Nom nom nom.

   Commonly used as "om nom nom".

[edit] Verb

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

1. to eat

[edit] Related terms

• nom nom nom
• num

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of mno
• mon, Mon

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[edit] Catalan

[edit] Etymology

From Latin nōmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nḗh₃mn̥.

[edit] Noun

nom m. (plural noms)

1. name
2. (grammar) noun

[edit] Synonyms

• (noun): substantiu

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From Latin nominem, accusative singular of nōmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nḗh₃mn̥.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /nɔ̃/, X-SAMPA: /nO~/

   Audio (France, Paris)^{help, file}

• Rhymes: -ɔ̃
• Homophones: noms, non

[edit] 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 and 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.

[edit] Synonyms

• (noun): substantif

[edit] Derived terms

• nom commun and nom propre
• nomenclature
• nommer
• renommée
• surnom
• prénom
• pronom

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of mno
• mon

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[edit] Maltese

[edit] Noun

nom

1. noun (grammatical category)

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[edit] Middle English

[edit] Verb

nom

1. 3rd person preterite form of nimen.

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[edit] Occitan

[edit] Etymology

From Latin nōmen

[edit] Noun

nom m. (plural noms)

1. name
2. (grammar) noun

[edit] Derived terms

• nom comun

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[edit] Old French

[edit] Alternative spellings

• non
• num

[edit] Etymology

From Latin nōmen

[edit] Noun

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

1. name

[edit] Descendants

• French: nom

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[edit] Sawi

[edit] Particle

nom

1. don't

   Tadan nom! - Don't be afraid!

[edit] See also

• haser