nom — meaning in English

English meaning

• name noun A word or phrase used to identify a specific person, place, or thing.
• noun noun A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.
• surname noun A person's family name, usually shared with relatives and passed down through generations.

Senses

nom is used for these senses in English:

• noun (grammar, narrowly) A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, word, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea: one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.
• surname The portion of a person's name that is generally hereditary or treated as an indicator of a person's family, which may be shared with other members of the family, or otherwise derived from their names in some fashion; distinguished from that person's given name(s).

name — full definition

1. noun A word or phrase used to identify a specific person, place, or thing.
2. noun A person's reputation.
3. verb To give something or someone a name.
4. verb To identify or specify something explicitly.

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