nome

See also: Nome, nomé, nõme, and ñome

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nəʊm/
• enPR: nōm, IPA^(key): /noʊm/
• Homophones: Nome, gnome

Etymology 1

From French nome, from Ancient Greek νομός (nomós, “district”), from νέμω (némō, “I divide”).

Noun

nome (plural nomes)

1. A prefecture or unit of regional government in Greece.

   Laconia is the southernmost nome in the Peloponnese.

2. A territorial division of ancient Egypt.
   • 1983, Norman Mailer, Ancient Evenings:

     Yet the part will be as the whole, and you will be the High Priest in this nome of Egypt.

3. A type of musical composition in Ancient Greece.
4. (obsolete) A term in an algebraic expression.

Translations

prefecture in (modern) Greece

• Greek: νομός (el) m (nomós)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

territorial division of ancient Egypt

• Greek: νομός (el) m (nomós)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: nom (pl) m
• Portuguese: nomo (pt) m

type of musical composition in ancient Greece

• Greek: νόμος (el) m (nómos)
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Etymology 2

Contraction.

Interjection

nome

1. (US, regional) Alternative form of no'm (“no ma'am”)
   • 1929, William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury, Folio Society 2016, p. 7:

     Mother said, “Is he cold, Versh.”

     “Nome.” Versh said.

Etymology 3

Noun

nome

1. (mathematics) A special function with which elliptic functions and modular forms can be described.

Further reading

• Template:projectlink
• Nome (Egypt) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Emon, Mone, NEMO, meno-, meon, mone, nemo, omen

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Asturian

Alternative forms

• ñome

Etymology

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

Noun

nome m (plural nomes)

1. name
2. noun

Synonyms

• (noun): sustantivu

Derived terms

• nome común
• nome propiu

Related terms

• nomar
• nombrar

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Bavarian

Noun

nome

1. (Sappada, Sauris) name

References

• Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien.

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adverb

nome

1. namely

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese nome, from Latin nōmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Noun

nome m (plural nomes)

1. name
2. (grammar) a noun, a substantive or adjective
3. (figuratively) fame, renown

Synonyms

• (noun): nome común, nome propio

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Istro-Romanian

Etymology

From Latin nōmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥. Compare Romanian nume.

Noun

nome (definite nomelu)

1. name

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Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈno.me/, [ˈn̺oːme]

• Audio (Italy):

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• Hyphenation: nó‧me

Noun

nome m (plural nomi)

1. name
2. first name
3. name, reputation
4. (grammar) noun

Synonyms

• (first name): nome di battesimo
• (reputation): reputazione, fama

Hyponyms

• (noun): nome aggettivo = aggettivo, nome sostantivo = sostantivo

Related terms

• a nome di
• cognome
• nome binomiale
• nome botanico
• nome comune
• nome d'arte
• nome da ragazza / nome da nubile
• nome di battaglia
• nome di dominio
• nome di host
• nome di luogo
• nome generico
• nome in codice
• nome proprio
• nome scientifico
• nome utente
• nominale
• nominare
• soprannome
• spazio dei nomi

 

See also

• (parts of speech) parte del discorso; aggettivo, articolo, avverbio, congiunzione, interiezione/interjezione, nome, nome aggettivo, nome sostantivo, numero, particella, preposizione, pronome, sostantivo, verbo ^{(Category: it:Parts of speech)}

Anagrams

• meno, Meno, menò

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Leonese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

nome m (plural nomes)

1. name

References

• AEDLL

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Middle English

Etymology

From Old English noma, variant of nama.

Noun

nome (plural nomes)

1. Alternative form of name

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Mirandese

Etymology

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

Noun

nome m (plural nomes)

1. name

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Novial

Noun

1. name

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin nōmen (“name”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnome/

Noun

nome m

1. name
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 111 (facsimile):

     […] Loado ſeia ſeu Nome.

     […] may his Name be praised.

Descendants

• Fala: nomi
• Galician: nome
• Portuguese: nome

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese nome, from Latin nōmen (“name”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈno.mɨ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈno.mi/, /ˈnɔ.mi/
  • IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.me/

Noun

nome m (plural s)

1. name (word or phrase which identifies an individual person, place, class, or thing)
   • 2000, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e a Câmara Secreta [Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets] (Harry Potter; 2), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 264:

     [...] e as letras do seu nome se rearrumaram.

     [...] and the letters of his name rearranged themselves.

2. name (what somebody is known for)

   Preciso limpar meu nome.

   I must clear my name.

3. (grammar) noun

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:nome.

Synonyms

• (word indicating something): denominação
• (reputation): reputação
• (noun): substantivo

Derived terms

• conhecer de nome
• de nome
• em nome de
• nome científico
• nome civil
• nome comercial
• nome comum
• nome de família
• nome de guerra
• nome do pai
• nome feio
• nome popular
• nome próprio

 

Related terms

• cognome
• nomeação
• nomear
• nomenclatura
• nominal
• onomástica
• prenome
• sobrenome