nome

See also: Nome, nomé, nõme, ñome, and -nôme

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

prefecture in (modern) Greece

Esperanto: nomarĥio
Greek: νομός (el) m (nomós)

territorial division of ancient Egypt

Egyptian:

(spꜣt f)
Esperanto: nomarĥio, nomarkio
Greek: νομός (el) m (nomós)
Polish: nom (pl) m
Portuguese: nomo (pt) m

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.

Noun

nome (plural nomes)

A type of musical composition in Ancient Greece.

Translations

type of musical composition in ancient Greece

Greek: νόμος (el) m (nómos)

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 2016, p. 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.

References

Earliest Known Uses of Some of the Words of Mathematics (N)

Anagrams

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

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin nomen.

Noun

nome

name

Asturian

Alternative forms

ñome

Etymology

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

Noun

nome m (plural nomes)

name
noun

Synonyms

(noun): sustantivu

Derived terms

nome común
nome propiu

Related terms

nomar
nombrar

Bavarian

Noun

nome

(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.

Esperanto

Etymology

nomo +‎ -e

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈnome]
Audio:
(file)
Rhymes: -ome
Hyphenation: no‧me

Adverb

nome

namely

Galician

Names (nomes) and signatures on a 10th century Galician charter: Mirellus, Viliefredus, Sedeges, Euenandus, Adolinus...

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈno.mɪ]

Noun

nome m (plural nomes)

name
(grammar) a noun, a substantive or adjective
(figuratively) fame, renown

Synonyms

(noun): nome común, nome propio

Derived terms

a nome de
en nome de

Related terms

nomeado
nomear

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

Etymology

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

Noun

nome (definite nomelu)

name

Italian

Etymology

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

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

a nome di
cognome
nome binomiale
nome botanico
nome comune
nome da ragazza/ nome da nubile
nome d'arte
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

References

nome in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

Meno, meno, meno-, menò

Leonese

Etymology

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

Noun

nome m (plural nomes)

name

References

AEDLL

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English noma, variant of nama.

Noun

nome (plural nomes)

Alternative form of name

Mirandese

Etymology

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

Noun

nome m (plural nomes)

name

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

noment

Adjective

nome

neuter of nomen

Old Portuguese

Etymology

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.

Descendants

Fala: nomi
Galician: nome
Portuguese: nome

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old 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.m(ɨ)/

(Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈno.mʲ/
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

codinome
cognome
nomeação
nomear
nomenclatura
nominal
onomástica
prenome
sobrenome

[1] Earliest Known Uses of Some of the Words of Mathematics (N)

[2] Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

nome

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

Translations

Etymology 3

Interjection

Etymology 4

Noun

References

Further reading

Anagrams

Aragonese

Etymology

Noun

Asturian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Noun

Synonyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Bavarian

Noun

References

Esperanto

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adverb

Galician

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Synonyms

Derived terms

Related terms

References

Istro-Romanian

Etymology

Noun

Italian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Hyponyms

Related terms

See also

References

Anagrams

Leonese

Etymology

Noun

References

Middle English

Etymology

Noun

Mirandese

Etymology

Noun

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Adjective

Old Portuguese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Descendants

Portuguese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Quotations

Synonyms

Derived terms

Related terms