ome

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See also: omè, òme, -ome, 'ome, and OME

English

Etymology

From the suffix -ome. Compare ology.

Noun

ome (plural omes)

  1. (biology) The totality of a certain type of biological entity in an organism etc., e.g. the genome or proteome.
    • 2012, OMICS: Biomedical Perspectives and Applications, →ISBN, page 190:
      The four basic omes, their major interactions, and the evolution of other human omes.
    • 2013, George M. Church, “Reading and writing omes”, in Molecular Systems Biology, →DOI:
      The series is launched with a review from the Snyder group on reading human omes
    • 2016, J. A. Stallins, D. M. Law, S. A. Strosberg, J. J. Rossi, “Geography and postgenomics: how space and place are the new DNA”, in GeoJournal, →DOI:
      Proposing a new ome has become a way of validating the importance, relevance, and financial promise of a research program.

Anagrams

Aneme Wake

Noun

ome

  1. ear

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl ome

Numeral

ome

  1. two.

Central Nahuatl

Central Nahuatl cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : ome
    Ordinal : inic ome

Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl ome

Numeral

ome

  1. two.

References

  • Herrera López, Hermilo (2015); Diccionario de la lengua Náhuatl de Texcoco, Instituto Mexiquense de los pueblos indígenas. Academia de la lengua náhuatl de Texcoco, Mexico City, Mexico.

Classical Nahuatl

Classical Nahuatl cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : ōme
    Ordinal : ic ōme
    Adverbial : ōppa
    Distributive : ōōme, ohōme

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Numeral

ōme

  1. two

Derived terms

References

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : ome
    Ordinal : ompa

Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl ome

Numeral

ome

  1. two.

Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Occitan ome, from Latin homō.

Noun

ome m (plural omes)

  1. (Mistralian) man (male adult human being)

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From Latin homō (man).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    ome m (plural omes)

    1. man (male adult human being)
    2. man (the human race in its entirety)
      • Eſta primeira é de comel fez ó çeo. ⁊ á terra. ⁊ ó mar ⁊ o ſol. ⁊ á lũa. ⁊ as eſtrelas ⁊ todalas outras couſas q̇ ſon. ⁊ como fez ó ome áſa ſemellança
        This first one is (about) how He made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and the sun, and the moon, and the stars, and everything else that exists. And how (He) made man in His own likeness.

    Coordinate terms

    Descendants

    • Fala: homi
    • Galician: home
    • Portuguese: homem (see there for further descendants)

    Old Occitan

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    From Latin homō.

    Noun

    ome m (oblique plural omes, nominative singular om, nominative plural ome)

    1. man (adult male human being)
    2. vassal

    Pronoun

    ome

    1. (indefinite) Used to indicate an unspecified individual: one, people, you, someone
      • 13th c., Aimeric de Belenoi, Anc puois qe giois ni cantç 28–29:
        q'enperis ne reinhatç ¶ non fan ome grasir, mas cors verais
        For neither empire nor kingdom makes one liked, but an honest heart

    Descendants

    References

    Old Spanish

    Noun

    ome

    1. Alternative form of omne

    Ometepec Nahuatl

    Adjective

    ome

    1. two.

    Volapük

    Pronoun

    ome

    1. dative singular of om: "to him"

    Walloon

    Etymology

    From Old French ome, from Latin homō.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    ome m (plural omes)

    1. man
    2. husband

    Coordinate terms