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Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὄνομα (ónoma), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈo.no.ma/
- Hyphenation: ό‧νο‧μα
Noun
όνομα • (ónoma) n (plural ονόματα)
- name
- Το όνομά μου είναι Σαμ. ― To ónomá mou eínai Sam. ― My name is Sam.
- (figuratively) name, reputation
- το καλό όνομα της εταιρείας ― to kaló ónoma tis etaireías ― the company's good name
- (grammar) noun (sensu lato), a word class including substantives (nouns, sensu stricto) and adjectives
Declension
Hyponyms
- (grammar): ουσιαστικό n (ousiastikó, “noun”)
- (grammar): επίθετο n (epítheto, “adjective”)
Coordinate terms
- βαπτιστικό όνομα n (vaptistikó ónoma, “Christian name”)
- επινοημένος (epinoïménos, “fictional”)
- επωνυμικός (eponymikós)
- επώνυμο n (epónymo, “surname”)
- μεγάλο όνομα n (megálo ónoma, “surname, family name”)
- μικρό όνομα n (mikró ónoma, “first name”)
- οικογενειακό όνομα n (oikogeneiakó ónoma, “family name, surname”)
- ονομάζω (onomázo, “to name, to call”)
- ονομασία f (onomasía, “naming”)
- παρωνύμιο n (paronýmio, “folk name, nickname”)
- πατρικό όνομα n (patrikó ónoma, “maiden name”)
- πατρωνυμικό n (patronymikó, “patronymic”)
- προσωνυμία f (prosonymía, “name, title”)
- πρώτο όνομα n (próto ónoma, “first name”)
- ψευδώνυμο n (psevdónymo, “alias, pseudonym”)
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