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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin nōminātus, perfect passive participle of nōminō (“I name”), from nōmen (“a name”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnɒm.ɪ.neɪt/, /ˈnɒm.ə.neɪt/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈnɑ.mɪ.neɪt/, /ˈnɑ.mə.neɪt/
Verb
nominate (third-person singular simple present nominates, present participle nominating, simple past and past participle nominated)
- To name someone as a candidate for a particular role or position, including that of an office.
- (cue sports) To specify in advance which pocket a ball will be potted in; to call; to name.
- (obsolete) To entitle, confer a name upon.
- 1658: the City of Norwich was enlarged, builded and nominated by the Saxons. — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 12)
Synonyms
Translations
to name someone for a particular role or position
- Arabic: رَشَّحَ (raššaḥa), عَيَّنَ (ar) (ʕayyana)
- Armenian: please add this translation if you can
- Belarusian: назнача́ць impf (naznačácʹ), назна́чыць pf (naznáčycʹ), прызнача́ць impf (pryznačácʹ), прызна́чыць pf (pryznáčycʹ)
- Bulgarian: номини́рам impf or pf (nominíram), назнача́вам (bg) impf (naznačávam), назнача́ pf (naznačá)
- Catalan: nominar (ca), nomenar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 提名 (zh) (tímíng), 指名 (zh) (zhǐmíng)
- Czech: nominovat impf or pf
- Danish: nominere
- Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: asettaa ehdolle (fi)
- French: nommer (fr)
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: nominieren (de)
- Greek: αναγορεύω (el) (anagorévo)
- Hungarian: jelöl (hu)
- Icelandic: tilnefna
- Indonesian: menunjuk (id)
- Japanese: 指名する (ja) (しめいする, shimei suru), ノミネートする (ja) (nominēto suru)
- Khmer: តែងតាំង (km) (taengtang)
- Korean: 지명하다 (ko) (jimyeonghada), 노미네이트하다 (nomineiteuhada)
- Macedonian: назна́чува impf (naznáčuva), на́значи pf (náznači), номини́ра impf or pf (nominíra)
- Maltese: innomina
- Maori: whakaingoa, tautapa
- Persian: نامیدن (fa) (nâmidan)
- Polish: nominować (pl) impf or pf
- Portuguese: nomear (pt)
- Russian: назнача́ть (ru) impf (naznačátʹ), назна́чить (ru) pf (naznáčitʹ)
- Scottish Gaelic: ainmich
- Slovak: nominovať impf or pf
- Spanish: postular (es), nominar (es)
- Tagalog: isangalan, sangalanin, ngalanin
- Thai: please add this translation if you can
- Ukrainian: визнача́ти impf (vyznačáty), ви́значити pf (význačyty), признача́ти impf (pryznačáty), призна́чити pf (pryznáčyty)
- Vietnamese: đề cử (vi)
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Adjective
nominate (not comparable)
- (zoology) nominotypical
the nominate subspecies
Derived terms
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology 1
Verb
nominate
- inflection of nominare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Etymology 2
Participle
nominate f pl
- feminine plural of nominato
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
nōmināte
- second-person plural present active imperative of nōminō
Participle
nōmināte
- vocative masculine singular of nōminātus
Spanish
Verb
nominate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of nominar combined with te