Norma

See also: norma, normá, and normā

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)mə

Etymology 1

Coined name of an imaginary Celtic priestess in Bellini's opera Norma (1831). Sometimes explained as (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin norma (“pattern, model”), or as a feminine form of Norman.

Proper noun

Norma

1. A female given name originating as a coinage.
   • 1966 Agatha Christie, Third Girl, page 6:

     I wish I could remember that girl's Christian name. Something connected with a song...Thora? Speak to me, Thora, Thora, Thora. Something like that, or Myra? Myra, oh Myra my love is all for thee... Norma? Or do I mean Maritana? Norma - Norma Restarick. That's right, I'm sure.

Usage notes

• Popular in the U.S.A. in the 1930s.

Etymology 2

Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin norma (“a carpenter's square”).

Proper noun

Norma

1. (astronomy) An inconspicuous constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a carpenter's square. It lies south of the constellations Scorpius and Centaurus.

Derived terms

• Normae

Translations

constellation

• French: Règle (fr) f
• Galician: Escuadro (gl)
• German: Winkelmaß n
• Irish: an Riail f
• Malay: Sesiku
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: Węgielnica (pl) f
• Russian: Науго́льник (ru) m (Naugólʹnik)
• Spanish: Norma (es)
• Swedish: Vinkelhaken (sv)

Anagrams

• Armon, Manor, Maron, Moran, Narom, Nor Am, Nor-Am, NorAm, Roman, manor, moran, morna, roman

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Cebuano

Etymology

From English Norma, after the imaginary Celtic priestess in Bellini's opera Norma.

Proper noun

Norma

1. a female given name from English

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Norma.

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Faroese

Proper noun

Norma f

1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Norma: Normuson
• daughter of Norma: Normudóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Norma
Accusative	Normu
Dative	Normu
Genitive	Normu

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Norma.

Proper noun

Norma

1. a female given name from English