"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
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: {{af|en|-s}} -s, {{der|en|fr|onomastique}} French onomastique, {{der|en|grc|ὀνομαστικός}} Ancient Greek ὀνομαστικός (onomastikós), {{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), onomastika [feminine] (Slovak), 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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        "Terms with Armenian translations",
        "Terms with Basque translations",
        "Terms with Belarusian translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Faroese translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Icelandic translations",
        "Terms with Ido translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Malay translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Mongolian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Slovak translations",
        "Terms with Slovene translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
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      "word": "onomatologie"
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "onomàstica"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhuānmíngxué",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "onomastika"
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "word": "nimistöntutkimus"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomastique"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomástica"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Onomastik"
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "névtan"
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      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
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      "word": "onomastica"
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      "alt": "こゆうめいしがく",
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      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "word": "固有名詞学"
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      "roman": "onomatologija",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "word": "onomastik"
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      "code": "mn",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomastyka"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
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      "word": "nazewnictwo"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomástica"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomastică"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
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        "feminine"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
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        "neuter"
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      "word": "имено̀сло̄вље"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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    },
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      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
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      "word": "imenòslōvlje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
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        "Roman",
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    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "onomastika"
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      "code": "sl",
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      "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"
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      "word": "onomástica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "namnforskning"
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      "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"
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}

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