English Explanatory Dictionary

name

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
  2. A reputation.
  3. An abusive or insulting epithet.
  4. A person (or legal person).
  5. Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
  6. An authority; a behalf.
  7. An identifier, generally a unique string of characters.
  8. An investor in Lloyd's of London bearing unlimited liability.
verb
  1. To give a name to.
  2. To mention, specify.
  3. To identify as relevant or important
  4. To publicly implicate by name.
  5. To disclose the name of.
  6. To designate for a role.
  7. To initiate a process to temporarily remove a member of parliament who is breaking the rules of conduct.
noun
  1. Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.
name
  1. Abbreviation of North American English.

Pronunciation

nām /neɪm/ en-us-name.ogg en-au-name.ogg /n(j)ɑmeɪ/

Word forms

name names nyem naming named ñame namé

Etymology

PIE word *h₁nómn̥ Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Germanic *namô Proto-West Germanic *namō Old English nama Middle English name English name From Middle English name, nome, from Old English nama, noma, from Proto-West Germanic *namō, from Proto-Germanic *namô (“name”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”). Cognates Germanic Cognates: Yola naame, name, naume (“name”), North Frisian Naam, neem, noome, nööm (“name”), Saterland Frisian Nome, Noome (“name”), West Frisian namme (“name”), Alemannic German Naame, namä, noame, nomu, nàmund (“name”), Cimbrian naamo, name, nåm (“name”), Dutch naam, name (“name”), German Nahme, Name (“name”), German Low German Naam (“name”), Luxembourgish Numm (“name”), Mòcheno nu'm (“name”), Vilamovian noma (“name”), Yiddish נאָמען (nomen, “name”), Danish, Faroese and Norwegian Bokmål navn (“name”), Icelandic nafn (“name”), Norwegian Nynorsk nabn, namn (“name”), Swedish namn (“name”), Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐌼𐍉 (namō, “name”). Indo-European Cognates: Latin nōmen (“name”) (whence Spanish nombre (“name”)), Russian имя (imja, “name”), Ashkun nām (“name”), Kamkata-viri nom, num (“name”), Prasuni nom, nëmë (“name”), Waigali nām (“name”), Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man, “name”). Possible cognates outside of Indo-European include Finnish nimi (“name”) and Hungarian név (“name”). Doublet of nomen and noun.

Synonyms

name nomenclature proper name designate dub bename nominate cush-cush greater yam

Related words

alias anonymous appellation cognomen namely nom de guerre nom de plume nominal pseudonym christen epithet moniker sobriquet

Derived words

aftername a' God's name a God's name altname ancestral name art name assumed name baby name bad name baptismal name basename big-name binary name binominal name bookname boy's name brand name brand-name bullet with someone's name on it by name by-name by the name of call-by-name calling name call names call out of one's name call outta one's name call someone every name in the book caressing name CHARNAME clear someone's name coined name coname courtesy name cover name cybername danger is one's middle name dead name dead-name dead-naming death-name dename domain name server domain name service era name fleetname folk name font name friendly name front name full name generic name genus name girl's name give a bad name give a dog a bad name and hang him give name to go by the name of golden falcon name Golden Horus name
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