nome

See also: Nome, nomé, nõme, ñome, and -nôme

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /nəʊm/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (General American) enPR: nōm, IPA^(key): /noʊm/
• Rhymes: -əʊm, -oʊm
• Homophones: Nome, gnome

Etymology 1

From French nome, from Ancient Greek νομός (nomós, “district”), from νέμω (némō, “I divide”). Doublet of nomos.

Noun

nome (plural nomes)

2. A prefecture or unit of regional government in Greece.

   Laconia is the southernmost nome in the Peloponnese.

3. A territorial division of ancient Egypt.
   • 1983, Norman Mailer, Ancient Evenings:

     Yet the part will be as the whole, and you will be the High Priest in this nome of Egypt.

Translations

prefecture in (modern) Greece

• Esperanto: nomarĥio
• Greek: νομός (el) m (nomós)

territorial division of ancient Egypt

• Egyptian: (spꜣt f)
• Esperanto: nomarĥio, nomarkio
• Greek: νομός (el) m (nomós)
• Polish: nom (pl) m
• Portuguese: nomo (pt) m

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos), from νέμω (némō, “I divide”). Differs from Etymology 1 in the position of Ancient Greek accent, though from the same root.

Noun

nome (plural nomes)

2. A type of musical composition in Ancient Greece.

Translations

type of musical composition in ancient Greece

• Greek: νόμος (el) m (nómos)

Etymology 3

Contraction.

Interjection

nome

2. (US, regional) Alternative form of no'm (“no ma'am”)
   • 1929, William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury, Folio Society, published 2016, page 7:

     Mother said, “Is he cold, Versh.”
     “Nome.” Versh said.

Etymology 4

The sense "term" is from French -nôme, second element of binôme etc., again from Ancient Greek νομός (nomós) here in its sense "division". The name of the special function may be identical or may be an independent borrowing from the Greek.

Noun

nome

2. (mathematics, obsolete) A term in an algebraic expression.
3. (mathematics) A special function with which elliptic functions and modular forms can be described.

Further reading

• Nome (melody) in the 1905 edition of the New International Encyclopedia.
• Nome (Egypt) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

See also

• nome sane

Anagrams

• Nemo, meno-, mone, Meno, nemo, omen, Moen, meon, Meon, Mone, Emon, NEMO

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin nōmen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnome/
• Rhymes: -ome
• Syllabification: no‧me

Noun

nome m (plural nomes)

1. name

Asturian

Alternative forms

• ñome

Etymology

From Latin nōmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnome/, [ˈno.me]
• Rhymes: -ome
• Hyphenation: no‧me

Noun

nome m (plural nomes)

1. name
2. noun

Synonyms

• (noun): sustantivu

Derived terms

• nome común
• nome propiu

Related terms

• nomar
• nombrar

Bavarian

Noun

nome

1. (Sappada, Sauris) name

References

• Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien.

Esperanto

Etymology

nomo +‎ -e

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnome]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ome
• Hyphenation: no‧me

Adverb

nome

1. namely

Galician

Names (nomes) and signatures on a 10th century Galician charter: Mirellus, Viliefredus, Sedeges, Euenandus, Adolinus...

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese nome, from Latin nōmen, nōminis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnome/ [ˈnõ.mɪ]
• Rhymes: -ome
• Hyphenation: no‧me

Noun

nome m (plural nomes)

1. name
2. (grammar) a noun, a substantive or adjective

   Synonyms: nome común, nome propio

3. (figuratively) fame, renown

Derived terms

• a nome de
• en nome de

Related terms

• nomeado
• nomear

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “nome”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “nome”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “nome”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “nome”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “nome”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Istro-Romanian

Etymology

From Latin nōmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥. Compare Romanian nume.

Noun

nome (definite nomelu)

1. name

Italian

Etymology

From Latin nōmen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈno.me/, /ˈnɔ.me/

• Audio (Italy):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ome, -ɔme
• Hyphenation: nó‧me, nò‧me

Noun

nome m (plural nomi)

1. name
2. first name

   Synonyms: nome di battesimo, prenome

3. name, reputation

   Synonyms: reputazione, fama

4. (grammar) noun

Hyponyms

• (noun): nome aggettivo = aggettivo, nome sostantivo = sostantivo

Related terms

• a nome di
• cognome
• nome binomiale
• nome botanico
• nome comune
• nome d'arte
• nome da ragazza / nome da nubile
• nome di battaglia
• nome di dominio
• nome di host
• nome di luogo
• nome generico
• nome in codice
• nome proprio
• nome scientifico
• nome utente
• nominale
• nominare
• soprannome
• spazio dei nomi

 

See also

• (parts of speech) parte del discorso; aggettivo, articolo, avverbio, congiunzione, interiezione/interjezione, nome, nome aggettivo, nome sostantivo, numero, particella, preposizione, pronome, sostantivo, verbo ^{(Category: it:Parts of speech)}

Anagrams

• Meno, meno, meno-, menò

Leonese

Etymology

From Latin nōmen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnome/, [ˈno.me]
• Rhymes: -ome
• Hyphenation: no‧me

Noun

nome m (plural nomes)

1. name

References

• nome at the Diccionario Castellano-Leonés / Leonés-Castellano.
• nome at the Pallabeiru Llïonés.

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English noma, variant of nama.

Noun

nome (plural nomes)

1. Alternative form of name

Mirandese

Etymology

From Latin nōmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Noun

nome m (plural nomes)

1. name

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• noment

Adjective

nome

1. neuter of nomen

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin nōmen (“name”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnome/

Noun

nome m (plural nomes)

1. name
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 111 (facsimile):

     […] Loado ſeia ſeu Nome.

     […] may his Name be praised.

Descendants

• Fala: nomi
• Galician: nome
• Portuguese: nome

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese nome, from Latin nōmen (“name”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnõ.mi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnõ.mi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈno.me/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈno.mɨ/

• (Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈno.mʲ/
• Rhymes: (Portugal) -omɨ, (Brazil) -õmi, (Southern Brazil) -ome
• Hyphenation: no‧me

Noun

nome m (plural nomes)

1. name (word or phrase which identifies an individual person, place, class, or thing)
   • 2000, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Câmara Secreta (Harry Potter; 2), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 264:

     [...] e as letras do seu nome se rearrumaram.

     [...] and the letters of his name rearranged themselves.

2. name (what somebody is known for)

   Preciso limpar meu nome.

   I must clear my name.

3. (grammar) noun
4. insult

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:nome.

Synonyms

• (word indicating something): denominação
• (reputation): reputação
• (noun): substantivo

Derived terms

• conhecer de nome
• de nome
• em nome de
• nome científico
• nome civil
• nome comercial
• nome comum
• nome de família
• nome de guerra
• nome do pai
• nome morto
• nome popular
• nome próprio
• nome social
• nomezinho (diminutive), nominho (diminutive)

 

Related terms

• codinome
• cognome
• nomeação
• nomear
• nomenclatura
• nominal
• onomástica
• prenome
• sobrenome

 

Descendants

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: nomi
• Kabuverdianu: nómi
• Macanese: nómi

Further reading

• “nome”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnome/ [ˈno.me]
• Rhymes: -ome
• Syllabification: no‧me

Noun

nome m (plural nomes)

1. (obsolete) name

   Synonym: nombre

Related terms

• nombrar

 

Further reading

• “nome”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16