nome
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /nəʊm/
- (General American) enPR: nōm, IPA(key): /noʊm/
- Rhymes: -əʊm, -oʊm
- Homophones: Nome, gnome
Etymology 1
From French nome, from Ancient Greek νομός (nomós, “district”), from νέμω (némō, “I divide”). Doublet of nomos.
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.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos), from νέμω (némō, “I divide”). Differs from Etymology 1 in the position of Ancient Greek accent, though from the same root.
Etymology 3
Contraction.
Interjection
nome
- (US, regional) Alternative form of no'm (“no ma'am”)
- 1929, William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury, Folio Society, published 2016, page 7:
- Mother said, “Is he cold, Versh.”
“Nome.” Versh said.
Etymology 4
The sense "term" is from French -nôme, second element of binôme etc., again from Ancient Greek νομός (nomós) here in its sense "division". The name of the special function may be identical or may be an independent borrowing from the Greek.[1]
Noun
nome
- (mathematics, obsolete) A term in an algebraic expression.
- (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
See also
Aragonese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnome/
- Rhymes: -ome
- Syllabification: no‧me
Asturian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin nōmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnome/, [ˈno.me]
- Rhymes: -ome
- Hyphenation: no‧me
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.
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈnome]
- Audio:
(file) - Rhymes: -ome
- Hyphenation: no‧me
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese nome, from Latin nōmen, nōminis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnome/ [ˈnõ.mɪ]
- Rhymes: -ome
- Hyphenation: no‧me
Noun
nome m (plural nomes)
- name
- (grammar) a noun, a substantive or adjective
- Synonyms: nome común, nome propio
- (figuratively) fame, renown
Derived terms
- a nome de
- en nome de
References
- “nome” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “nome” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “nome” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “nome” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “nome” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Istro-Romanian
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈno.me/, /ˈnɔ.me/[1]
Audio (Italy) (file) - Rhymes: -ome, -ɔme
- Hyphenation: nó‧me, nò‧me
Noun
nome m (plural nomi)
- name
- first name
- Synonyms: nome di battesimo, prenome
- name, reputation
- Synonyms: reputazione, fama
- (grammar) noun
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)
References
- nome in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English noma, variant of nama.
Mirandese
Etymology
From Latin nōmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Latin nōmen (“name”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnome/
Noun
nome m
- name
- 13th century CE, 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.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese nome, from Latin nōmen (“name”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈnõ.mi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈno.me/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈno.mɨ/
- (Rural Central Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈno.mʲ/
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -omɨ, (Brazil) -õmi, (Southern Brazil) -ome
- Hyphenation: no‧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.
- name (what somebody is known for)
- Preciso limpar meu nome.
- I must clear my name.
- (grammar) noun
- insult
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 popular
- nome próprio
- nomezinho (diminutive), nominho (diminutive)
Related terms
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnome/ [ˈno.me]
- Rhymes: -ome
- Syllabification: no‧me
Related terms
Further reading
- “nome”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014