nomination
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English
Etymology
From Middle English nominacion, nomination, from Latin nōminātiō, from the verb nōminō (“to name; to nominate”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌnɑmɪˈneɪʃən/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌnɒmɪˈneɪʃən/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃən
- Hyphenation: nom‧i‧na‧tion
Noun
nomination (countable and uncountable, plural nominations)
- An act or instance of nominating.
- A device or means by which a person or thing is nominated. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Derived terms
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Translations
an act or instance of nominating
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a device or means by which a person or thing is nominated
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Further reading
nomination on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Danish
Noun
nomination c (singular definite nominationen, plural indefinite nominationer)
Declension
Declension of nomination
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | nomination | nominationen | nominationer | nominationerne |
| genitive | nominations | nominationens | nominationers | nominationernes |
Further reading
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin nominātiōnem.
Pronunciation
Noun
nomination f (plural nominations)
- nomination
- 2015 September 22, “Nicolas Sarkozy place son bras droit Frédéric Péchenard à la fédération LR de Paris”, in Le Monde:
- La nomination de M. Péchenard – qui cumulera les fonctions de directeur général de LR et de secrétaire départemental – illustre la volonté de M. Sarkozy de mettre la main sur la fédération de Paris, jugée trop filloniste à son goût.
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Related terms
Further reading
- “nomination”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.