nominativo

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nominaˈtivo/

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• Rhymes: -ivo
• Syllabification: no‧mi‧na‧ti‧vo

Noun

nominativo (accusative singular nominativon, plural nominativoj, accusative plural nominativojn)

1. (grammar) nominative case

Derived terms

• nominativa

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /no.mi.naˈti.vo/
• Rhymes: -ivo
• Hyphenation: no‧mi‧na‧tì‧vo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin nōminātīvus, derived from nōminō (“to name, give name to”).

Adjective

nominativo (feminine nominativa, masculine plural nominativi, feminine plural nominative)

1. nominative (in all senses)
2. registered

Derived terms

• nominativamente

Etymology 2

From Latin nōminātīvus [​cāsus​], calque of ὀνομαστική [​πτῶσις​] (onomastikḗ [​ptôsis​]).

Noun

nominativo m (plural nominativi)

1. (grammar) nominative case

   Hypernym: caso

2. synonym of nome (“name”)

Related terms

• nome
• nominare

Further reading

• nominativo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• nominativo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• nominativo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• “nominativo” in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• nominativo in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
• “nominativo”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [noː.mɪ.naːˈtiː.woː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [no.mi.naˈtiː.vo]

Adjective

nōminātīvō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of nōminātīvus

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin nōminātīvus (“nominative”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /no.mi.naˈt͡ʃi.vu/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nu.mi.nɐˈti.vu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nu.mi.nɐˈti.vu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /nu.mi.nɐˈti.bu/ [nu.mi.nɐˈti.βu]

• Hyphenation: no‧mi‧na‧ti‧vo

Adjective

nominativo (feminine nominativa, masculine plural nominativos, feminine plural nominativas, not comparable)

1. nominal (concerning or containing names)

   Synonym: nominal

2. nominal (assigned to or bearing a person’s name)

   Synonym: nominal

3. which exists only in name
4. (grammar) nominative (giving a name, naming; designating)

Derived terms

• caso nominativo

Related terms

• nome
• nominar

Further reading

• “nominativo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “nominativo”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “nominativo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “nominativo”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “nominativo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “nominativo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nōminatīvus (“nominative”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nominaˈtibo/ [no.mi.naˈt̪i.β̞o]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: no‧mi‧na‧ti‧vo

Adjective

nominativo (feminine nominativa, masculine plural nominativos, feminine plural nominativas)

1. nominative (giving a name, naming; designating)
2. (grammar) nominative

Derived terms

• caso nominativo

Noun

nominativo m (plural nominativos)

1. (grammar) nominative case

   Synonym: caso nominativo

2. an expression in the nominative case

Further reading

• “nominativo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025