"praenomen" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: praenomens [plural], praenomina [plural]
Etymology: From Latin praenōmen, from prae- (“pre-: before”) + nōmen (“name, family name”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|praenōmen}} Latin praenōmen Head templates: {{en-noun|s|praenomina}} praenomen (plural praenomens or praenomina)
  1. (historical) An Ancient Roman given name. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Onomastics Translations (ancient Roman first name): προωνύμιον (proōnúmion) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), prenom [masculine] (Catalan), Pränomen [neuter] (German), προωνύμιο (proonýmio) [neuter] (Greek), praenōmen [neuter] (Latin), प्राएनोमेन (prāenomen) [neuter] (Marathi), prenombre [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-praenomen-en-noun-377vYnkT Disambiguation of Onomastics: 55 20 25 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Catalan translations Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 13 42 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 48 26 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 35 27 39 Disambiguation of 'ancient Roman first name': 62 18 20
  2. (historical) The throne name of a pharaoh, the fourth of the five names of the royal titulary, traditionally encircled by a cartouche and preceded by the title nswt-bjtj. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-praenomen-en-noun-SfvuaDFh Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 13 42 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 43 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 35 27 39
  3. (zoology) The genus name in a binomial scientific name. Categories (topical): Zoology, Ancient Rome
    Sense id: en-praenomen-en-noun-FnD3Acf2 Disambiguation of Ancient Rome: 21 32 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Marathi translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 38 48 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 24 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 13 42 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 43 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 35 27 39 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 13 29 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 20 26 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 18 31 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Marathi translations: 30 28 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 12 36 52 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: prænomen, prenomen Hypernyms: given name [Roman, name, personal] Related terms: praenominal Coordinate_terms: nomen (english: family name) [Roman, name, personal], cognomen (english: epithet or clan name) [Roman, name, personal], agnomen (english: epithet) [Roman, name, personal] Coordinate_terms (Pharaonic name): serekh name, Two Ladies name, gold name, nomen (english: given name)
Disambiguation of 'Pharaonic name': 25 35 40

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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