nom

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nom"

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English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /nɒm/
(US) IPA^(key): /nɑm/
- Audio (Midland US): (file)
Rhymes: -ɒm

Etymology 1

Short form of various words.

Noun

nom (plural noms)

(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, “problems/suggestions for this group”, in alt.anagrams‎^[5] (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.
(informal) Clipping of nominator.
(informal) Clipping of nominee.

Verb

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

(transitive, informal) Clipping of nominate.
- 1998, blaque, “A Teeny Favor (Was: Re: NOMINATION: Ms A.T. Rookie (fwd)”, in alt.tasteless‎^[6] (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, “problems/suggestions for this group”, in alt.anagrams‎^[7] (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 the American Dialect Society’s "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]

Alternative forms

nomf

Interjection

nom

(colloquial) 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.

Usage notes

Considered annoying and childish by some.^[5]^[6]
Commonly used as nom nom nom.

Related terms

Translations

interjection to denote enjoyment of eating

Chinese:
Mandarin: 啊嗚啊嗚 / 啊呜啊呜 (āwūāwū)
Dutch: mjam mjam
Finnish: nam (fi)
Hungarian: nyam, nyam-nyam
Japanese: ぱくぱく (ja) (pakupaku)
Polish: mniam (pl)
Russian: ммм (mmm), уммм (ummm), ном (ru) (nom), ом-ном-ном (om-nom-nom), ам-ням-ням (am-njam-njam)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ња̀м, ња̀м-ња̀м

Latin: njàm (sh), njàm-njàm
Vietnamese: măm (vi), măm măm

Verb

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

(colloquial) To eat with noisy enjoyment. [with on]

Translations

to eat with enjoyment

Danish: gnufle

References

^ on nom, Urban Dictionary
^ “App” 2010 Word of the Year, as voted by American Dialect Society
^ “Season 40 Press Kit -- Muppet Bios”, in Sesame Workshop‎^[1], 2009, archived from the original on 10 October 2009
^ “Nom”, Muppet Wiki
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Hatic, Dana (2 November 2016), “The Origins of the Annoyingly Trendy Word 'Nom', Explained”, in Eater
^ “Nom Nom: Why That Phrase (Or Nom, Or Noms) Gives Us The Creeps”, in The Huffington Post, 7 January 2013

Anagrams

NMO, Mon., mon-, Mon, 'mon, mon., MON, mon, ONM, MNO

Akan

Pronunciation

Tone: LL^[1]

Verb

nom (transitive past nomm, intransitive past nomeeɛ)

to drink
nom nsu ― to drink water
(of drugs) to take

References

^ Kotey, Paul A. (1998), Twi-English/English-Twi Dictionary‎^[2], New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN

Christaller, Johann Gottlieb (1881), A Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language Called Tshi (Chwee, Tw̌i)‎^[8], Basel, page 337

Aromanian

Alternative forms

nomu

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek νόμος (nómos).

Noun

nom n (plural nomuri)

Synonyms

(law): leadzi, zãcon
(belief): pisti, fedi

Bukhari

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥

Proto-Iranian *Hnā́ma

Old Persian 𐎴𐎠𐎶 (n-a-m)

Middle Persian ŠM

Classical Persian نَام (nām)

Tajik ном (nom)

Bukhari nom

Inherited from Tajik ном (nom).

Pronunciation

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Noun

nom (Cyrillic spelling ном)

name
- Aron Aronov, My Life:[9]
  Nomi man Aron Aronof. Man yak hazoru nuhsadu siyu hashtum sol zoida shudam, shahri Toshkand. Reshooi modari man az Buxoro. Ba’di Inqilob, modari man, padaru modar kati, az Buxoro Toshkand mibion. Padari man—tarafi padar—az Panshambe, peshi, tarafhoi Samarqand. Ino ham kadom yaksad sol pesh az Panshambe Toshkand mibion. Xudam man ba Toshkand zoida shudam
  My name is Aron Aronov. I was born in 1938 in the city of Tashkent. The roots of my mother are from Bukhara. After the [Russian] Revolution, my mother together with [her] parents came from Bukhara to Tashkent. My father—father’s side—is from Panjshanbe, near or adjoining Samarkand. They also come to Tashkent from Panjshanbe some hundred years ago. I myself was born in Tashkent

Bulungan

**Bulungan numbers ^(edit)**
	60
← 5	6	7 →
Cardinal: nom Ordinal: kenom

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnom/

Numeral

nom

six

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈno̞m]
IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈnɔm]
Audio (Catalonia): (file)
Rhymes: -ɔm

Noun

nom m (plural noms)

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

Synonyms

(name): apel·latiu
(noun): substantiu
(reputation): fama, reputació

Derived terms

Related terms

References

“nom”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“nom”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“nom” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “nom”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Central Bikol

Central Bikol phrasebook

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

Alternative forms

nem

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnom/ [ˈn̪om]

Interjection

nom (Basahan spelling ᜈᜓᜋ᜔)

(Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) hello
Synonyms: kumusta, tara

Phrase

nom (Basahan spelling ᜈᜓᜋ᜔)

(Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) What's up?
Synonym: tara

Eskayan

Numeral

nom

six

French

Etymology

Inherited 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

(Paris) IPA^(key): /nɔ̃/
- Audio (Paris); “le nom”: (file)
(Quebec) IPA^(key): /nõʊ̯̃/
Audio (Switzerland (Valais)): (file)
Audio (France (Toulouse)): (file)
Audio (France (Vosges)): (file)
Audio (France): (file)
Audio (France (Grenoble)): (file)
Audio (France (Vosges)): (file)
Audio (France (Hérault)): (file)
Audio (France (Lyon)): (file)
Audio (France (Massy)): (file)
Rhymes: -ɔ̃
Homophones: noms, non, nons

Noun

nom m (plural noms)

name
Quel est votre nom ? ― What is your name?
1. (especially) last name, family name
  Votre nom et prénom, s'il vous plaît. ― Your last name and first name, please.
2. forms expletive interjections [with de]
  Nom de Dieu ! ― Oh my god! (literally, “Name of God!”)
(grammar) noun
Le mot « copain » est un nom. ― The word "copain" ("friend") is a noun.
(grammar, dated) noun or adjective; used in nom adjectif and nom substantif

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Antillean Creole: non
Haitian Creole: non
Louisiana Creole: nom
Mauritian Creole: nom, non
Réunion Creole French: non
Seychellois Creole: non

Anagrams

mon

Galician

Adverb

nom

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

name

Javanese

Romanization

nom

romanization of ꦤꦺꦴꦩ꧀

Kalasha

Etymology

From Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”). Compare Khowar نم (nam).

Noun

nom (Arabic نوم)

name
Tay nom kía?
What is your name?

Kamkata-viri

Alternative forms

num (Western (Ktivi))

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *nāma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Noun

nom m (Western, Northeastern, Southeastern)^[1]^[2]

name

References

^ Strand, Richard F. (2016), “n′om”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎^[3]
^ Halfmann, Jakob (2024). A Grammatical Description of the Katë Language (Nuristani) (PhD thesis). Köln: Universität zu Köln.

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

Inherited from Louisiana French nom (“name”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nɔ̃/
Rhymes: -nɔ̃, -ɔ̃
Homophone: non

Noun

nom

(a) name
Mô nom çé Èmé. ― My name is Aimée.

Mo fou pa mal apré tô nonm, ki çé tô nom? ― I don't care about your man (i.e., romantic partner), what is your name?
- 1998, Albert Valdman, Thomas A. Klingler, Margaret M. Marshall, Kevin J. Rottet, Dictionary of Louisiana Creole, page 330:
  Laparwas isit gen si tèlman le ti kanal e le ti bout dolo keu ina ye pa gen leu non dutou. [Laparwas isit gin si tèlmen lê ti kanal é lê ti bout dolo ke ina yé pa gin le nom dutou.
  This parish has so many little canals and stretches of water that there are many which have no name at all.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with nonm (“man”).

Derived terms

bon-nom (“first name”)
gin nom a (“to be named after”)
nom-d-batèm (“baptismal name”)
nom-d-famiy (“family/maiden name”)
nom-d-maryaj (“married name”)
nom-d-nèsans (“birth name”)
prèmyé-nom (“first name”)
ti-nom (“nickname”)

References

Guillory-Chatman, A., Mayeux, O., Wendte, N., Wiltz, H. (2020). Ti liv kréyòl: A learner's guide to Louisiana Creole (2nd ed.). TSÒHK.
Valdman, A., Klingler, T. A., Marshall, M. M., Rottet, K. J. (1998). Dictionary of Louisiana Creole. Indiana University Press. ISBN: 0-253-33451-9.

Maltese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥

Proto-Italic *nōmn̥

Latin nōmen

Italian nomebor.

Maltese nom

Borrowed from Italian nome.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnɔːm/
Rhymes: -ɔːm

Noun

nom m (plural nomi)

(grammar) noun

Mauritian Creole

Etymology 1

From French nom.

Noun

nom

name (word that indicates a particular person, place, or thing)
Alternative form: non
(grammar) noun

Related terms

References

Baker, Philip; Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987), Diksiyoner kreol morisyeṅ [Mauritian Creole Dictionary] (in French and English), Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN, page 239
Carpooran, Arnaud (2011), Diksioner Morisien [Mauritian Dictionary] (in Mauritian Creole), second edition, Éditions Le Printemps, →ISBN, page 743

Etymology 2

Noun

nom

alternative spelling of nonb (“number”)

References

Baker, Philip; Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987), Diksiyoner kreol morisyeṅ [Mauritian Creole Dictionary] (in French and English), Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN, page 239

Middle English

Verb

nom

third-person preterite of nimen

Norman

Alternative forms

naom (Guernsey)

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)

(Jersey) name
(Jersey, grammar) noun

Derived terms

nom vèrbal (“verbal noun, gerund”)

Northwestern Dinka

Noun

nom (plural nïïm)

head

References

Dinka-English Dictionary‎^[11], 2005

Occitan

Alternative forms

(Provence) noum

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

Audio (Béarn): (file)

Noun

nom m (plural noms)

name
(grammar) noun

Derived terms

Old English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nom/, /noːm/
Rhymes: -om, -oːm

Verb

nom or nōm

alternative form of nam

Old French

Alternative forms

non, noum, noun, num, nun

Etymology

Inherited from Latin nōmen.

Noun

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

name
(grammar) noun

Descendants

French: nom
Norman: nom
Walloon: no
→ Middle English: noun, none, nown, nowne, noune
- English: noun

Old Galician-Portuguese

Adverb

nom

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.

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)

name

Descendants

Occitan: nom

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnõ/

Hyphenation: nom

Adverb

nom (not comparable)

pronunciation spelling of não, representing Alto Alentejan, Minhoto, Portuense and Transmontano Portuguese

Prasuni

Alternative forms

nëmë (Zumu)

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Noun

nom (Pronz)^[1]

name

References

^ Strand, Richard F. (2016), “nom”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎^[4]

Sawi

Particle

nom

don't
Tadan nom! ― Don't be afraid!

Uzbek

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥

Proto-Iranian *Hnā́ma

Old Persian 𐎴𐎠𐎶 (n-a-m)

Middle Persian ŠM

Classical Persian نَام (nām)bor.

Chagatai نام (nʾm)

Uzbek nom

Inherited from Chagatai نام (nʾm), from Classical Persian نَام (nām).

Noun

nom

name

Derived terms

nomsiz

Related terms

benom

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [nɔm˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [nɔm˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [nɔm˧˧]

Verb

nom • (𥈶, 窞)

to look at
to look after

Derived terms

[1] , 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

[eater-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Hatic, Dana (2 November 2016), “The Origins of the Annoyingly Trendy Word 'Nom', Explained”, in Eater

[6] “Nom Nom: Why That Phrase (Or Nom, Or Noms) Gives Us The Creeps”, in The Huffington Post, 7 January 2013

[7] Kotey, Paul A. (1998), Twi-English/English-Twi Dictionary‎^[2], New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN

[NEL-8] Strand, Richard F. (2016), “n′om”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎^[3]

[9] Halfmann, Jakob (2024). A Grammatical Description of the Katë Language (Nuristani) (PhD thesis). Köln: Universität zu Köln.

[NEL-10] Strand, Richard F. (2016), “nom”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎^[4]

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English

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Etymology 1

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Anagrams

Akan

Pronunciation

Verb

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Aromanian

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Noun

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Bukhari

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Bulungan

Etymology

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Numeral

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Catalan

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Noun

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Central Bikol

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Interjection

Phrase

Eskayan

Numeral

French

Etymology

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Noun

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Descendants

Further reading

Anagrams

Galician

Adverb

Istriot

Etymology

Noun

Javanese

Romanization

Kalasha

Etymology

Noun

Kamkata-viri

Alternative forms

Etymology

Noun

References

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

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Noun

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