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English
Pronunciation
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
territorial division of ancient Egypt
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
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.
References
Further reading
See also
Anagrams
Nemo , meno- , mone , Meno , nemo , omen , Moen , meon , Meon , Mone , Emon , NEMO
Aragonese
Etymology
From Latin nōmen .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈnome/
Rhymes: -ome
Syllabification: no‧me
Noun
nome m (plural nomes )
name
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin nōmen , from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈnome/ ,
Rhymes: -ome
Hyphenation: no‧me
Noun
nome m (plural nomes )
name
noun
Synonyms
Derived terms
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
Adverb
nome
namely
Galician
Names (nomes ) and signatures on a 10th century Galician charter: Mirellus, Viliefredus, Sedeges, Euenandus, Adolinus...
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese nome , from Latin nōmen, nōminis , from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ .
Pronunciation
Noun
nome m (plural nomes )
name
( grammar ) a noun , a substantive or adjective
Synonyms: nome común , nome propio
( figuratively ) fame , renown
Derived terms
References
Ernesto Xosé González Seoane , María Álvarez de la Granja , Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006 –2022 ) “nome ”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006 –2018 ) “nome ”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , editor (2006 –2013 ), “nome ”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language ] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , Ernesto Xosé González Seoane , María Álvarez de la Granja , editors (2003 –2018 ), “nome ”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco , editor (2014 –2024 ), “nome ”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega , →ISSN
Istro-Romanian
Etymology
From Latin nōmen , from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ . Compare Romanian nume .
Noun
nome (definite nomelu )
name
Italian
Etymology
From Latin nōmen
Pronunciation
Noun
nome m (plural nomi )
name
first name
Synonyms: nome di battesimo , prenome
name , reputation
Synonyms: reputazione , fama
( grammar ) noun
Hyponyms
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
Anagrams
Leonese
Etymology
From Latin nōmen .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈnome/ ,
Rhymes: -ome
Hyphenation: no‧me
Noun
nome m (plural nomes )
name
References
nome at the Diccionario Castellano-Leonés / Leonés-Castellano .
nome at the Pallabeiru Llïonés .
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
Adjective
nome
neuter of nomen
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Latin nōmen ( “ name ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ .
Pronunciation
Noun
nome m (plural nomes )
name
Loado ſeia ſeu Nome .
may his Name be praised.
Descendants
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese nome , from Latin nōmen ( “ name ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ .
Pronunciation
( 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 )
name ( what somebody is known for )
Preciso limpar meu nome . I must clear my name .
( grammar ) noun
insult
Quotations
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Guinea-Bissau Creole: nomi
Kabuverdianu: nómi
Macanese: nómi
Further reading
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈnome/
Rhymes: -ome
Syllabification: no‧me
Noun
nome m (plural nomes )
( obsolete ) name
Synonym: nombre
Further reading