"nomen" meaning in English

See nomen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈnəʊmən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈnoʊmən/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nomen.wav Forms: nomina [plural], nomens [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊmən Etymology: From Latin nōmen (“name”), a clipping of nōmen gentīle (“family name”). Doublet of name and noun. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|nōmen||name}} Latin nōmen (“name”), {{doublet|en|name|noun}} Doublet of name and noun Head templates: {{en-noun|nomina|+}} nomen (plural nomina or nomens)
  1. (historical) The family name of an Ancient Roman, designating their gens. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Ancient Rome, Onomastics
    Sense id: en-nomen-en-noun-0hJkdnY4 Disambiguation of Ancient Rome: 23 39 38 Disambiguation of Onomastics: 49 17 34
  2. (historical) The birth name of a pharaoh, the fifth of the five names of the royal titulary, traditionally encircled by a cartouche and preceded by the title zꜣ-rꜥ. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Ancient Rome
    Sense id: en-nomen-en-noun-1JTD4cWu Disambiguation of Ancient Rome: 23 39 38
  3. A taxonomic name. Categories (topical): Ancient Rome Hypernyms (Pharaonic name): given name Coordinate_terms (Pharaonic name): serekh name, Two Ladies name, gold name, praenomen (english: throne name)
    Sense id: en-nomen-en-noun-wIVvX5i2 Disambiguation of Ancient Rome: 23 39 38 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 36 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 11 5 16 23 0 8 0 3 1 0 1 1 10 15 1 1 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 5 20 28 0 9 0 3 0 0 1 1 8 12 1 1 3 Disambiguation of 'Pharaonic name': 24 33 43 Disambiguation of 'Pharaonic name': 24 33 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: surname [Roman, name] Coordinate_terms: praenomen [Roman, name, personal], cognomen (english: epithet or clan name) [Roman, name], agnomen (english: epithet) [Roman, name]

Inflected forms

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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnoʊmən/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊmən"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nomen"
}

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