nomear

Galician

Alternative forms

• anomear, numear

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese nomẽar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin nōmināre, present active infinitive of nōminō (“I name”), from nōmen (“name”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”). Compare nominar, a borrowed doublet. Cognate with Portuguese nomear and Spanish nombrar.

Pronunciation

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Verb

nomear (first-person singular present nomeo, first-person singular preterite nomeei, past participle nomeado)
nomear (first-person singular present nomeio, first-person singular preterite nomeei, past participle nomeado, reintegrationist norm)

1. to name, to give a name
2. to entitle
3. to name, appoint, nominate
   • 1281, M. Lucas Álvarez, P. Lucas Domínguez, editors, El priorato benedictino de San Vicenzo de Pombeiro y su colección diplomática en la Edad Media, Sada / A Coruña: Ediciós do Castro, page 76:

     Et depoys de uossa morte fique este casar sobredito a uosso fillo Lourenço et a una persona que uos nomeardes a uosso passamento

     And after your death, this said farmhouse will be left to your son Lourenzo and to a person that you'll appoint at the moment of your decease

4. to mention

Conjugation

Derived terms

• nomeado
• nomeamento

Related terms

• nome

References

• “nomear” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “nomear” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “nomear” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “nomear” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese nomẽar, nomear from Latin nōmināre (“to name”), from nōmen (“name”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”). Compare nominar, a borrowed doublet. By surface analysis, nome +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: no‧me‧ar

Verb

nomear (first-person singular present nomeio, first-person singular preterite nomeei, past participle nomeado)

1. to name (give a name to)

   Synonyms: chamar, denominar, designar, nominar

2. to nominate (name someone as a candidate for a particular role or position)

   Synonym: indicar

   Antonym: desnomear

3. to entitle (give a title to)

   Synonym: intitular

4. to elect (choose a candidate in an election)

   Synonyms: eleger, escolher

5. to name (publicly implicate)

Conjugation

Related terms

Further reading

• “nomear” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “nomear” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “nomear” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “nomear” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “nomear” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.