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nom

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Short form of various words.

NounEdit

nom (plural noms)

  1. (informal) Clipping of nomination.
    • 2000 May 30, "Webmaster -- Kevin Stroud" (username), "Re: RBL nomination for 195.235.113.140 (mail.teleline.es) -- 5th supporting email, in news.admin.net-abuse.email, Usenet:
      I have already submitted a revised (in terms of format) nomination. […] In the future I will try to better organize my information (one message per nom, snip out excess spam if I post, etc.).
    • 2001 July 17, "William Tunstall-Pedoe" (username), "problems/suggestions for this group", in alt.anagrams, Usenet:
      The obvious way to reduce the number of noms is to increase the standard.
    • 2010 February 13, "Juan F. Lara" (username), "2/5-7 Weekend BoxOffice", in rec.arts.animation and rec.arts.disney.animation, Usenet:
      Particularly "Mr. Fox" now that it has an Oscar nom to boast about.
  2. (informal) Clipping of nominator.
  3. (informal) Clipping of nominee.

VerbEdit

nom (third-person singular simple present noms, present participle nomming, simple past and past participle nommed)

  1. (transitive, informal) Clipping of nominate.
    • 1998, "blaque" (username), "A Teeny Favor (Was: Re: NOMINATION: Ms A.T. Rookie (fwd)", in alt.tasteless, Usenet:
      I have a little request to make. When you kids nom, do you think you could make clear who it is you're nomming -- and maybe even include the article headers for the voters (and the judge) -- many of whom are not psychics?
    • 2001, "William Tunstall-Pedoe" (username), "problems/suggestions for this group", in alt.anagrams, Usenet:
      Quite a big percentage of the anagrams posted here get nommed - IMO it should only be around 20% or so.
    • 2007, Variety staff, "Composer Prince dies" (obituary):
      Emmy-nommed composer Robert Prince died March 4 in Los Angeles after a brief illness.

Etymology 2Edit

Onomatopoeic.

InterjectionEdit

nom

  1. (colloquial) Used to denote eating, or enjoyment of eating. Commonly used as "nom nom nom".
    [to a baby]
    You are so cute, I could just eat you right up! Nom nom nom.
TranslationsEdit

VerbEdit

nom (third-person singular simple present noms, present participle nomming, simple past and past participle nommed)

  1. (colloquial) To eat with noisy enjoyment.
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AnagramsEdit

AkanEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

nom

  1. to drink
    nom nsu - to drink water

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Kotey, Paul A. (1998). Twi-English/English-Twi Dictionary. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN

AromanianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Greek νόμος (nómos).

NounEdit

nom n (plural nomuri)

  1. law
  2. rule
  3. belief

SynonymsEdit

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Occitan nom, from Latin nōmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

nom m (plural noms)

  1. name (word that indicates a particular person, place, or thing)
  2. (grammar) noun
  3. name (reputation)

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Derived termsEdit

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Further readingEdit

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French nom (whence Norman nom), from Latin nōmen (whence Italian nome, Portuguese nome, Spanish nombre), from Proto-Italic *nomən, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (whence Ancient Greek ὄνομα (ónoma), Russian и́мя (ímja), Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man), English name).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

nom m (plural noms)

  1. A name, especially a last name or family name.
    Un nom de famille est un nom propre. ― A family name is a proper noun.
    Votre nom et prénom, s'il vous plaît. ― Your last name and first name, please.
  2. A noun.
    Un nom de famille est un nom propre. ― A family name is a proper noun.

HyponymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • Antillean Creole: non
  • Haitian Creole: non
  • Louisiana Creole French: nom
  • Mauritian Creole: non
  • Seychellois Creole: non

Further readingEdit

AnagramsEdit

IstriotEdit

Kamkata-viriEdit

MalteseEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Italian nome.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

nom m (plural nomi)

  1. (grammar) noun

Middle EnglishEdit

VerbEdit

nom

  1. third-person preterite of nimenthird-person preterite of nimen

NormanEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French nom (whence French nom), from Latin nōmen (whence Italian nome, Portuguese nome, Spanish nombre), from Proto-Italic *nomən, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (whence Ancient Greek ὄνομα (ónoma), Russian и́мя (ímja), Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man), English name).

PronunciationEdit

  • Audio (Jersey)
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NounEdit

nom m (plural noms)

  1. (Jersey) name
  2. (Jersey, grammar) noun

Derived termsEdit

OccitanEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Occitan nom, from Latin nōmen (whence French nom, Italian nome, Portuguese nome, Spanish nombre), from Proto-Italic *nomən, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (whence Ancient Greek ὄνομα (ónoma), Russian и́мя (ímja), Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man), English name).

NounEdit

nom m (plural noms)

  1. name
  2. (grammar) noun

Derived termsEdit

Old FrenchEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • num (Anglo-Norman)
  • nun (Anglo-Norman)

EtymologyEdit

From Latin nōmen (whence Italian nome, Portuguese nome, Spanish nombre), from Proto-Italic *nomən, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (whence Ancient Greek ὄνομα (ónoma), Russian и́мя (ímja), Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man), English name).

NounEdit

nom m (oblique plural nons, nominative singular nons, nominative plural nom)

  1. name

DescendantsEdit

Old OccitanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin nōmen (whence Italian nome, Portuguese nome, Spanish nombre), from Proto-Italic *nomən, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (whence Ancient Greek ὄνομα (ónoma), Russian и́мя (ímja), Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man), English name).

NounEdit

nom m (oblique plural noms, nominative singular noms, nominative plural nom)

  1. name

DescendantsEdit

PortugueseEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

nom (not comparable)

  1. (dated, dialectal) Alternative form of não
    • 14th-15th centuries, O Livro de Exopo, A rã e o boi:
      Madre, nom faças, ca tu es muy pequena cousa a rrespeyto d’este boy.
      Mother, don't do it, because you are a very small thing compared to this ox.

SawiEdit

ParticleEdit

nom

  1. don't
    Tadan nom! ― Don't be afraid!

See alsoEdit

VietnameseEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

nom

  1. to look at
  2. to look after

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