nome
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /nəʊm/
- (General American) 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)
- A prefecture or unit of regional government in Greece.
- Laconia is the southernmost nome in the Peloponnese.
- 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.
- 1983, Norman Mailer, Ancient Evenings
- A type of musical composition in Ancient Greece.
- (obsolete) A term in an algebraic expression.
Translations
Etymology 2
Contraction.
Interjection
nome
- (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.
- 1929, William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury, Folio Society 2016, p. 7:
Noun
nome
- (mathematics) A special function with which elliptic functions and modular forms can be described.
Further reading
Nome (melody) in the 1905 edition of the New International Encyclopedia. Nome (Egypt) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Asturian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin nōmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.
Synonyms
- (noun): sustantivu
Derived terms
Bavarian
References
- Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien.
Galician
Etymology
From Old Portuguese nome, from Latin nōmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.
Noun
nome m (plural nomes)
Istro-Romanian
Etymology
From Latin nōmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥. Compare Daco-Romanian nume.
Italian
Etymology
From Latin nōmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈno.me/, [ˈn̺oːme]
Audio (Italy) (file) - Hyphenation: nó‧me
Synonyms
- (first name): nome di battesimo
- (reputation): reputazione, fama
Hyponyms
- (noun): nome aggettivo = aggettivo, nome sostantivo = sostantivo
Related terms
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)
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English noma, variant of nama.
Mirandese
Etymology
From Latin nōmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.
Old Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin nōmen (“name”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnome/
Noun
nome m
- name
- 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 111 (facsimile):
- […] Loado ſeia ſeu Nome.
- […] may his Name be praised.
- […] Loado ſeia ſeu Nome.
- 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 111 (facsimile):
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese nome, from Latin nōmen (“name”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈno.mɨ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈnɔ.mi/, /ˈno.mi/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈnɔ.me/
Noun
nome m (plural nomes)
- 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.
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- name (what somebody is known for)
- Preciso limpar meu nome.
- I must clear my name.
- (grammar) noun
Quotations
For quotations of use of 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
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