surname

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 See also 1.5 Verb 1.5.1 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: sûr'nām, IPA: /ˈsɜː(r)neɪm/, SAMPA: /"s3:(r)neIm/
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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English < Old French sour-, sur- < Latin super (“‘over, above, beyond’”) < base Proto-Indo-European *uper (“‘over’”), the comparative of the base Proto-Indo-European *upo (“‘under’”); + name.

[edit] Noun

surname (plural surnames)

1. A name that indicates to which family a person belongs, normally following that person’s given name(s) in Western culture, in English included, and preceding it in Eastern.

[edit] Synonyms

• family name, last name
• See also Wikisaurus:surname

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[edit] See also

• adoption name
• bride’s name
• Christian name
• cognomen
• confirmation name
• first name
• forename
• given name
• maiden name
• matronym
• middle name
• nickname
• patronym
• personal name
• Wikipedia article on name changes
• Wiktionary appendix of surnames

[edit] Verb

to surname (third-person singular simple present surnames, present participle surnaming, simple past and past participle surnamed)

1. To give a surname.
2. To call by a surname.

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