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 molecule, such as 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.

Related terms

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

  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, home; homẽ; ómi; hómi; hômi
    • Guinea-Bissau Creole: omi
    • Indo-Portuguese: homm
    • Kabuverdianu: ómi
    • Korlai Creole Portuguese: ɔm
    • Kristang: omi
    • Macanese: home
    • Principense: omi
    • Saramaccan: womi

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