onomastic

See also: onomàstic

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀνομαστικός (onomastikós).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɒ.nəʊˈmæs.tɪk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɑː.noʊˈmæs.tɪk/, /ˌɑː.nəˈmæs.tɪk/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -æstɪk

Adjective

onomastic (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to a personal or place name.
   • 2013, David Vaculík, “Parts of the city of Ostrava – The past and current state of urbanonymy”, in Masaryk University Brno‎^[1], page 403:

     The core of the study consists of an onomastic analysis and comparison of some selected areas of the urbanonymic system; I also delineate the characteristics of different urbanonymic types.

2. Of or relating to onomastics.

Derived terms

• onomastically
• onomastics

Related terms

• onomastician

Translations

of, or relating to onomastics

• Catalan: onomàstic (ca)
• Finnish: nimistöntutkimus-
• French: onomastique (fr)
• Galician: onomástico (gl)
• German: onomastisch
• Italian: onomastico (it)
• Polish: onomastyczny
• Portuguese: onomástico
• Romanian: onomastic (ro)
• Spanish: onomástico
• Swedish: onomastisk (sv)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French onomastique.

Adjective

onomastic m or n (feminine singular onomastică, masculine plural onomastici, feminine/neuter plural onomastice)

1. onomastic

Declension

Declension of onomastic

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	onomastic		onomastică		onomastici	onomastice
	definite	onomasticul		onomastica		onomasticii	onomasticele
genitive- dative	indefinite	onomastic		onomastice		onomastici	onomastice
	definite	onomasticului		onomasticei		onomasticilor	onomasticelor