nom

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "nom"

English

Pronunciation

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  • 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, variant of num, num-num. Attested 2004 as om nom, om nom nom,[1] popularized from 2007 in internet use, second place in American Dialect Society "Word of the Year" 2010.[2] From the catchphrase of Cookie Monster on Sesame Street, as at the end of “C Is For Cookie” (1971), made when devouring cookies. However, as late as 2009, this was canonically written with a ‘u’, as in S is For School! (2006), as “num num”, or in the press kit for the 40th season (2009), as “un num num num num”;[3] by 2013 this was changed to the now-popular nom.[4][5]

Interjection

nom

  1. (colloquial) Used to denote eating, or enjoyment of eating. Commonly used as "nom nom nom".
    [to a baby]
    You are so cute, I could just eat you right up! Nom nom nom.
Translations

Verb

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

  1. (colloquial) To eat with noisy enjoyment.
Translations

Usage notes

Considered annoying and childish by some.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ on nom, Urban Dictionary
  2. ^ “App” 2010 Word of the Year, as voted by American Dialect Society
  3. ^ “Season 40 Press Kit -- Muppet Bios”, in Sesame Workshop‎[1], 2009, archived from the original on 10 October 2009
  4. ^ “Nom”, Muppet Wiki
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Hatic, Dana (2016 November 2) “The Origins of the Annoyingly Trendy Word 'Nom', Explained”, in Eater‎[2]
  6. ^ Template:cite web

Anagrams

Akan

Pronunciation

Verb

nom

  1. to drink
    nom nsu - to drink water

References

  1. ^ Kotey, Paul A. (1998). Twi-English/English-Twi Dictionary. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek νόμος (nómos).

Noun

nom n (plural nomuri)

  1. law
  2. rule
  3. belief

Synonyms

Bikol Central

Bikol Central phrasebook
This entry is part of the phrasebook project, which presents criteria for inclusion based on utility, simplicity and commonness.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Phrase

nom

  1. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) what's up
    Synonym: tara

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

nom m (plural noms)

  1. name (word that indicates a particular person, place, or thing)
  2. (grammar) noun
  3. name (reputation)

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

Eskayan

Numeral

nom

  1. six

French

Etymology

From Old French nom (whence Norman nom), from Latin nōmen (whence Italian and 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

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  • Rhymes: -ɔ̃
  • Homophones: noms, non, nons

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 et 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.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Antillean Creole: non
  • Haitian Creole: non
  • Louisiana Creole: nom
  • Mauritian Creole: non
  • Seychellois Creole: non

Further reading

Anagrams

Galician

Adverb

nom

  1. reintegrationist spelling 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

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

  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “nom”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN


Maltese

Etymology

From Italian nome.

Pronunciation

Noun

nom m (plural nomi)

  1. (grammar) noun

Middle English

Verb

nom

  1. third-person preterite of nimen

Norman

Alternative forms

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

  • Audio (Jersey):(file)

Noun

nom m (plural noms)

  1. (Jersey) name
  2. (Jersey, grammar) noun

Derived terms

Occitan

Alternative forms

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

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  • num (Anglo-Norman)
  • nun (Anglo-Norman)

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 oblique singular, m (oblique plural nons, nominative singular nons, nominative plural nom)

  1. name

Descendants

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

Old Portuguese

Adverb

nom

  1. Alternative form of non
    • 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.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: nom

Adverb

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  1. Pronunciation spelling of não, representing Minhoto, Portuense and Transmontano Portuguese.

Sawi

Particle

nom

  1. don't
    Tadan nom! ― Don't be afraid!

See also

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Verb

nom • (𥈶, 𫌢)

  1. to look at
  2. to look after

Derived terms

Derived terms
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