nominal

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See also: nominał

English

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Etymology

From the Middle English nominalle (“of nouns”), borrowed from Latin nōminālis (“of names”), from nōmen (“name”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnɒm.ɪ.nəl/,
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈnɑ.mɪ.nəl/,

Adjective

nominal (not comparable)

  1. Of, resembling, relating to, or consisting of a name or names.
  2. Assigned to or bearing a person's name.
  3. Existing in name only.
    a nominal difference
    • 1856 February, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Oliver Goldsmith, republished in 1865, The Miscellaneous Writings of Lord Macaulay, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts and Green, page 300,
      At Edinburgh he passed eighteen months in nominal attendance on lectures, and picked up some superficial information about chemistry and natural history.
    • 2013 October 5, Joel Kotkin, “California’s New Feudalism Benefits a Few at the Expense of the Multitude”, in The Daily Beast‎:
      In contrast to the traditionally conservative or libertarian ethos of the entrepreneurial class, the oligarchy is increasingly allied with the nominally populist Democratic Party and its regulatory agenda.
  4. (philosophy) Of or relating to nominalism.
  6. Insignificantly small.
    Synonym: trifling
    He gave me only a nominal sum for my services.
    • 2021 November 17, Andrew Mourant, “Okehampton: a new dawn for Dartmoor”, in RAIL, number 944, page 43:
      In the summer, DCC [Devon County Council] transferred ownership of the northern part of the station to NR for a nominal £1, enabling it (and the platform) to become part of the rail network.
  7. Of or relating to the presumed or approximate value, rather than the actual value.
    The nominal voltage is 1.5 V, but the actual figure is usually higher.
    the nominal yield of a nuclear weapon
    Antonym: effective
  8. (finance) Of, relating to, or being the amount or face value of a sum of money or a stock certificate, for example, and not the purchasing power or market value.
  9. (finance) Of, relating to, or being the rate of interest or return without adjustment for compounding or inflation.
  10. (grammar) Of or relating to a noun or word group that functions as a noun.
    This sentence contains a nominal phrase.
  11. (engineering) According to plan or design.
    Synonym: normal
    We'll just do a nominal flight check.
    Apart from the slightly high temperature, all the readings from the spacecraft are nominal.
  12. (economics) Without adjustment to remove the effects of inflation.
    Antonym: real
    My employer does not understand how low my nominal wage is.
    The nominal GNP of this country is pretty low.
    • 1991, Richard J. Gilbert, Regulatory Choices: A Perspective on Developments in Energy Policy, page 267:
      Comparisons of the costs of the Diablo Canyon plant with other nuclear power plants can be misleading because the available cost data are in nominal dollars and therefore include the toll of inflation over the construction periods.
    • 2001, Erich A. Helfert, Financial Analysis: Tools and Techniques: A Guide for Managers, page 467:
      This simple process allows us to convert nominal dollars into inflation-adjusted real dollars.
  13. (statistics, of a variable) Having values whose order is insignificant.
  14. (taxonomy) Of a species, the species name without consideration of whether it is a junior synonym or in reality consists of more than one biological species.
    • 2015 November 26, Mosè Manni et al., “Relevant genetic differentiation among Brazilian populations of Anastrepha fraterculus (Diptera, Tephritidae)”, in ZooKeys, volume 540, →DOI:
      Since then, a good deal of research has documented and concluded that the nominal species A. fraterculus actually comprises an unresolved complex of cryptic species.

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Descendants

  • → Afrikaans: nominaal

Translations

Noun

nominal (plural nominals)

  2. (grammar) A noun or word group that functions as part of a noun phrase.
    This sentence contains two nominals.
  4. (grammar) A part of speech that shares features with nouns and adjectives. (Depending on the language, it may comprise nouns, adjectives, possibly numerals, pronouns, and participles.)
    • 2006, Donald Ringe, From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 12:
      A considerable number of derived nominals, especially thematic nouns, also exhibited o-grade roots.
  6. A number (usually natural) used like a name; a numeric code or identifier. (See nominal number on Wikipedia.)
    Numeric codes of characters used in programming are nominals.
  8. (UK, police jargon) A person listed in the Police National Computer database as having been convicted, cautioned or recently arrested.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nominālis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

nominal m or f (masculine and feminine plural nominals)

  1. nominal

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Danish

Etymology

From Latin nominalis. See there for more.

Pronunciation

Adjective

nominal (neuter nominalt, plural and definite singular attributive nominale)

  1. (linguistics) Relating to a word or construction which may function in nounlike manner; nominal
    Coordinate term: substantivisk
  2. (finance) Relating to the nominal value or face value (as opposed to the real or market value); nominal
    Synonyms: nominel, pålydende
  3. Something whose existence, value or function is rather theoretical or symbolic, and which does not necessarily correspond to a reality; nominal, formal, in name only
    Synonyms: formel, nominel, af navn
  4. (statistics, of a variable) Having values whose order is insignificant; nominal
    Synonyms: nominel, pålydende

Declension

Inflection of nominal
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular nominal — —2
Indefinite neuter singular nominalt — —2
Plural nominale — —2
Definite attributive1 nominale — —
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Derived terms

Noun

nominal n (singular definite nominalet, plural indefinite nominaler)

  1. (linguistics) A word or construction which may function in a nounlike manner; a nominal, nominalisation
    Coordinate terms: nominalisering, substantivering, substantiv
  2. (finance) Nominal value; face value
    Synonym: nominalværdi

Declension

Declension of nominal
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative nominal nominalet nominaler nominalerne
genitive nominals nominalets nominalers nominalernes

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References

Further reading

  • Nielsen, Peter Juul, Michael Herslund (2023 June 10) “Nominalisering”, in Den Store Danske‎, archived from the original on 2023-06-02

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nominālis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

nominal (feminine nominale, masculine plural nominaux, feminine plural nominales)

  1. nominal

Noun

nominal m (plural nominaux)

  1. nominal

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nominalis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

nominal (strong nominative masculine singular nominaler, not comparable)

  1. nominal

Declension

Positive forms of nominal (uncomparable)
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist nominal sie ist nominal es ist nominal sie sind nominal
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative nominaler nominale nominales nominale
genitive nominalen nominaler nominalen nominaler
dative nominalem nominaler nominalem nominalen
accusative nominalen nominale nominales nominale
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der nominale die nominale das nominale die nominalen
genitive des nominalen der nominalen des nominalen der nominalen
dative dem nominalen der nominalen dem nominalen den nominalen
accusative den nominalen die nominale das nominale die nominalen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein nominaler eine nominale ein nominales (keine) nominalen
genitive eines nominalen einer nominalen eines nominalen (keiner) nominalen
dative einem nominalen einer nominalen einem nominalen (keinen) nominalen
accusative einen nominalen eine nominale ein nominales (keine) nominalen

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Further reading

  • “nominal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “nominal” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch nominaal, from French nominal, from Latin nominalis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: no‧mi‧nal

Adjective

nominal

  1. nominal,
    1. existing in name only.
    2. insignificantly small.
    3. (grammar) of or relating to a noun or word group that functions as a noun.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin nōminālis.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: no‧mi‧nal

Adjective

nominal m or f (plural nominais, not comparable)

  1. nominal

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French nominal, Latin nominalis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

nominal m or n (feminine singular nominală, masculine plural nominali, feminine and neuter plural nominale)

  1. nominal

Declension

Declension of nominal
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite nominal nominală nominali nominale
definite nominalul nominala nominalii nominalele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite nominal nominale nominali nominale
definite nominalului nominalei nominalelor nominalilor

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nominālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nomiˈnal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: no‧mi‧nal

Adjective

nominal m or f (masculine and feminine plural nominales)

  1. nominal

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