English Explanatory Dictionary

Norma

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A female given name originating as a coinage.
name
  1. An inconspicuous constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a carpenter's square. It lies south of the constellations Scorpius and Centaurus.
noun
  1. A norm.
  2. A template.
  3. A square for measuring right angles.

Word forms

Norma normas

Etymology

Coined name of an imaginary Celtic priestess in Bellini's opera Norma (1831). Sometimes explained as Latin norma (“pattern, model”), or as a feminine form of Norman.

Derived words

Normae
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