naming

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈneɪmɪŋ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪmɪŋ

Noun

naming (plural namings)

1. The process of giving names to things.
2. A ritual or ceremony in which a person's name is given or announced.

Derived terms

• dead-naming
• naming collision
• naming convention
• naming rights
• naming word
• rapid automatized naming

Descendants

• → Russian: не́йминг (nɛ́jming)

Translations

process

• Finnish: nimeäminen (fi)
• Hungarian: névadás (hu)
• Portuguese: nomeação (pt) f

ritual or ceremony

• Dutch: naamgeving (nl) f
• Finnish: nimenanto
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: nammejouwing c

• German: Namengebung (de) f
• Hungarian: névadás (hu)
• Korean: 명명식 (ko) (myeongmyeongsik)
• Russian: имянарече́ние (ru) n (imjanarečénije)
• Telugu: నామకరణము (te) (nāmakaraṇamu)

Verb

naming

1. present participle and gerund of name

Adjective

naming (not comparable)

1. Giving a name to a person or thing. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Translations

giving a name

• Galician: nomear (gl)

Anagrams

• Mangin, Minang