"onomastics" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌɒ.nəʊˈmæs.tɪks/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌɑː.noʊˈmæs.tɪks/ [US], /ˌɑː.nəˈmæs.tɪks/ [US] Audio: en-us-onomastics.ogg [US]
Etymology: 1936, from the adjective onomastic (“of or belonging to naming”) (1716) with a suffix -s, from French onomastique, from Ancient Greek ὀνομαστικός (onomastikós), from ὀνομαστός (onomastós, “named”), form of ὀνομάζω (onomázō, “I name”), from ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”) (whence English name). Etymology templates: {{m|en|onomastic|t=of or belonging to naming}} onomastic (“of or belonging to naming”), {{af|en|-s}} -s, {{der|en|fr|onomastique}} French onomastique, {{der|en|grc|ὀνομαστικός}} Ancient Greek ὀνομαστικός (onomastikós), {{m|grc|ὀνομαστός||named}} ὀνομαστός (onomastós, “named”), {{m|grc|ὀνομάζω||I name}} ὀνομάζω (onomázō, “I name”), {{m|grc|ὄνομα||name}} ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₁nómn̥||name}} Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”), {{cog|en|name}} English name Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} onomastics pl (plural only)
  1. The branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names and naming, especially the origins of names. Wikipedia link: onomastics Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Linguistics, Onomastics Synonyms: onomatology Derived forms: anthroponomastics, coronomastics, toponomastics Related terms: onomastic, onomastically, onomastician, onomasticon Translations (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names): onomatologie (Afrikaans), naamkunde (Afrikaans), onomastiek (Afrikaans), հատկանվանաբանություն (hatkanvanabanutʻyun) (Armenian), onomastika (Basque), анама́стыка (anamástyka) [feminine] (Belarusian), онома́стика (onomástika) [feminine] (Bulgarian), onomàstica [feminine] (Catalan), 專名學 (Chinese Mandarin), 专名学 (zhuānmíngxué) (Chinese Mandarin), onomastika [feminine] (Czech), naamkunde [feminine] (Dutch), onomastiek [feminine] (Dutch), onomastiko (Esperanto), nomscienco (Esperanto), navnafrøði [feminine] (Faroese), fólkanavnafrøði [feminine] (Faroese), nimistöntutkimus (Finnish), onomastique [feminine] (French), onomástica [feminine] (Galician), Onomastik [feminine] (German), Namenkunde [feminine] (German), Onomatologie [feminine] (German), Onomasiologie [feminine] (German), Namenforschung [feminine] (German), Bezeichnungslehre [feminine] (German), névtan (Hungarian), onomasztika (Hungarian), nafnfræði [feminine] (Icelandic), nomaro (Ido), onomastica [feminine] (Italian), 固有名詞学 (koyūmeishi-gaku) (alt: こゆうめいしがく) (Japanese), ономатологија (onomatologija) [feminine] (Macedonian), ономастика (onomastika) [feminine] (Macedonian), onomastik (Malay), нэрзүй (nerzüj) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠨᠡᠷ᠎ᠡ ᠵᠦᠢ (ner-e ǰüi) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), onomastyka [feminine] (Polish), nazewnictwo [neuter] (Polish), onomástica [feminine] (Portuguese), onomastică [feminine] (Romanian), onomatologie [feminine, rare] (Romanian), онома́стика (onomástika) [feminine] (Russian), имено̀сло̄вље [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), онома̀стика [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), imenòslōvlje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), onomàstika [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), imenoslovje [neuter] (Slovene), onomastika [feminine] (Slovene), onomástica [feminine] (Spanish), onomastik [common-gender] (Swedish), namnforskning [common-gender] (Swedish), онома́стика (onomástyka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), אָנאָמאַסטיק (onomastik) [feminine] (Yiddish)

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      },
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      "name": "af"
    },
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      },
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    },
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        "2": "grc",
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    },
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "name"
      },
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    },
    {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "name"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "name"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
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        "1": "p"
      },
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
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      "word": "onomasticon"
    }
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
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        "English nouns",
        "English pluralia tantum",
        "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "English terms derived from French",
        "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "English terms suffixed with -s",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "en:Linguistics",
        "en:Onomastics"
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      ],
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          "lexicology",
          "lexicology"
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      ],
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      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˌɑː.noʊˈmæs.tɪks/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɑː.nəˈmæs.tɪks/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/En-us-onomastics.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "word": "onomatologie"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "word": "naamkunde"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "word": "onomastiek"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hatkanvanabanutʻyun",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "word": "հատկանվանաբանություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "word": "onomastika"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "anamástyka",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "анама́стыка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "onomástika",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "онома́стика"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomàstica"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "word": "專名學"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhuānmíngxué",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "word": "专名学"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomastika"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "naamkunde"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomastiek"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "word": "onomastiko"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "word": "nomscienco"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "navnafrøði"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fólkanavnafrøði"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "word": "nimistöntutkimus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomastique"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomástica"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Onomastik"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Namenkunde"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Onomatologie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Onomasiologie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Namenforschung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bezeichnungslehre"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "word": "névtan"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "word": "onomasztika"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nafnfræði"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "word": "nomaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomastica"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こゆうめいしがく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "koyūmeishi-gaku",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "word": "固有名詞学"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "onomatologija",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ономатологија"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "onomastika",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ономастика"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "word": "onomastik"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "nerzüj",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "нэрзүй"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "ner-e ǰüi",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ],
      "word": "ᠨᠡᠷ᠎ᠡ ᠵᠦᠢ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomastyka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "nazewnictwo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomástica"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomastică"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "onomatologie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "onomástika",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "онома́стика"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "имено̀сло̄вље"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "онома̀стика"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "imenòslōvlje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomàstika"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "imenoslovje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomastika"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomástica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "onomastik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "namnforskning"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "onomástyka",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "онома́стика"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "onomastik",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "אָנאָמאַסטיק"
    }
  ],
  "word": "onomastics"
}

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