nomenclatural
English edit
Etymology edit
nomenclature + -al
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ʊəɹəl
Adjective edit
nomenclatural (comparative more nomenclatural, superlative most nomenclatural)
- Of or pertaining to nomenclature.
- 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page ix:
- To the "closet" taxonomist and aficionado of nomenclatural exercises, such emphasis may seem an intrusion.
- 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide[1], page 8:
- In any case, Feinsilver’s nomenclatural suggestions and fine distinctions did not enjoy widespread adoption.
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
nomenclatural m or f (masculine and feminine plural nomenclaturales)
Further reading edit
- “nomenclatural”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014