"nominative" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈnɒmɪnətɪv/ [UK], /ˈnɒmnətɪv/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nominative.wav
enPR: nŏm'ĭnətĭv [UK], nŏm'nətĭv [UK] Etymology: From Middle English nominatyf, either via Old French nominatif or directly from Latin nōminātīvus (“pertaining to naming, nominative”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|nominatyf}} Middle English nominatyf, {{der|en|fro|nominatif}} Old French nominatif, {{der|en|la|nōminātīvus||pertaining to naming, nominative}} Latin nōminātīvus (“pertaining to naming, nominative”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} nominative (not comparable)
  1. Giving a name; naming; designating. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-nominative-en-adj-vZzhaXpr Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 23 1 1 1 24 23 15 1 1
  2. (grammar) Being in that case or form of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Grammar, Grammatical cases Translations (being in the nominative case): nominatief (Afrikaans), ὀνομαστική (onomastikḗ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), مَرْفُوع (marfūʕ) [masculine] (Arabic), ուղղական (uġġakan) (Armenian), назо́ўны (nazóŭny) (Belarusian), имени́телен (imenítelen) (Bulgarian), nominatiu [masculine] (Catalan), nominatief (Dutch), noemer [masculine] (Dutch), nimetav (Estonian), hvørfals- (Faroese), nominatiivi- (Finnish), nominatiivinen (Finnish), nominatif [masculine] (French), Nominativ- (German), nominativisch (German), ονομαστική (onomastikí) [feminine] (Greek), nominativo [masculine] (Italian), 주격 (jugyeok) (alt: 主格) (Korean), атооч (atooc) (Kyrgyz), nōminātīvus [masculine] (Latin), nemniġendlīċ (Old English), mianujący (Polish), mianowanie [neuter] (Polish), nominativo [masculine] (Portuguese), nominativ (Romanian), имени́тельный (imenítelʹnyj) [masculine] (Russian), nominativo (Spanish), nominativ (Swedish), називни́й (nazyvnýj) (Ukrainian), goddrychol (Welsh)
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  3. Making a selection or nomination; choosing. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-nominative-en-adj-u9tswP9u
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: denominative, nominative absolute, nominative determinism, nominative type system

Noun

IPA: /ˈnɒmɪnətɪv/ [UK], /ˈnɒmnətɪv/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nominative.wav Forms: nominatives [plural]
enPR: nŏm'ĭnətĭv [UK], nŏm'nətĭv [UK] Etymology: From Middle English nominatyf, either via Old French nominatif or directly from Latin nōminātīvus (“pertaining to naming, nominative”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|nominatyf}} Middle English nominatyf, {{der|en|fro|nominatif}} Old French nominatif, {{der|en|la|nōminātīvus||pertaining to naming, nominative}} Latin nōminātīvus (“pertaining to naming, nominative”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} nominative (plural nominatives)
  1. The nominative case.
    Sense id: en-nominative-en-noun-oTVdj5jg
  2. A noun in the nominative case. Translations (noun in the nominative case): nominatiivi (Finnish), nimentö (Finnish), goddrychol [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-nominative-en-noun-A6hWgikb Disambiguation of 'noun in the nominative case': 41 59

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "alt": "主格",
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