nomenklatura
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian номенклату́ра (nomenklatúra), from Latin nōmenclātūra (“a calling by name, list of names”), from nomen (“name”) + calare (“call”). Doublet of nomenclature.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /nɒˌmɛnkləˈtjʊəɹə/, /nɒˌmɛnkləˈtʃʊəɹə/
Noun
nomenklatura (plural nomenklaturas)
- (now historical) A list of bureaucratic posts in government and industry in the former Soviet Union (or other communist countries), filled by those appointed by the Party. [from 20th c.]
- The people on such lists; (by extension), any privileged class, a social or political elite. [from 20th c.]
- 2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin 2012, p. 764:
- Communism envisioned […] an Authority Ranking of political control (in theory, the dictatorship of the proletariat; in practice, a nomenklatura of commissars under a charismatic dictator).
- 2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin 2012, p. 764:
Translations
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Czech
Etymology
From Latin nomenclatura (“a calling by name, list of names”), from nomen (“name”) + calare (“call”).
Noun
nomenklatura f
- nomenclature
Related terms
- See nominace
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian номенклату́ра (nomenklatúra). Doublet of nomenclatura.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /no.men.klaˈtu.ra/
- Rhymes: -ura
- Hyphenation: no‧men‧kla‧tù‧ra
Noun
nomenklatura f (plural nomenklature)
- nomenklatura
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- nomenklaturene
Noun
nomenklatura m or n
- definite neuter plural of nomenklatur
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin nōmenclātūra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɔ.mɛŋ.klaˈtu.ra/
- Rhymes: -ura
- Syllabification: no‧men‧kla‧tu‧ra
Noun
nomenklatura f
- nomenclature (set of names or terms)
- Synonym: nazewnictwo
- (historical) nomenklatura (list of posts in Soviet Union)
Declension
singular | |
---|---|
nominative | nomenklatura |
genitive | nomenklatury |
dative | nomenklaturze |
accusative | nomenklaturę |
instrumental | nomenklaturą |
locative | nomenklaturze |
vocative | nomenklaturo |
Derived terms
- nomenklaturowy
- nomenklatura binominalna
Related terms
- nomenklator
Further reading
- nomenklatura in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- nomenklatura in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin nomenclatura (“a calling by name, list of names”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nomenklatǔːra/
- Hyphenation: no‧men‧kla‧tu‧ra
Noun
nomenklatúra f (Cyrillic spelling номенклату́ра)
- nomenclature
Declension
singular | |
---|---|
nominative | nomenklatura |
genitive | nomenklature |
dative | nomenklaturi |
accusative | nomenklaturu |
vocative | nomenklaturo |
locative | nomenklaturi |
instrumental | nomenklaturom |
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian номенклату́ра (nomenklatúra), from Latin nōmenclātūra (“a calling by name, list of names”), from nomen (“name”) + calare (“call”). Doublet of nomenklatur.
Noun
nomenklatura c
- (historical) nomenklatura
Declension
Declension of nomenklatura | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | nomenklatura | nomenklaturan | — | — |
Genitive | nomenklaturas | nomenklaturans | — | — |
References
- nomenklatura in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- nomenklatura in Svensk ordbok (SO)