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Name
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Etymology
From Middle English, from Old English nama, from Proto-Germanic *namon , from Proto-Indo-European *nomn- .
Related Germanic words: Old German namo (Modern German Name), Middle Dutch name (Modern Dutch naam), Old Frisian noma , Gothic namo , Old Norse nafn .
Related Indo-European words: Latin nomen, Greek όνομα (onoma), Old Irish ainm , Sanskrit nāman- , Avestan nama, Old Church Slavonic imę (genitive imene )
Noun
name (plural names)
- Any word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
- Wiktionary is a better name for this project than Fred would have been
- "So good a man as this must surely have a name." (L. Frank Baum, The Land of Oz )
- Reputation.
- William Shakespeare Othello, Act III. Scene III.
Iago: Good name in man and woman, dear my lord
Is the immediate jewel of their souls: [1]
- (Computing) A unique identifier, generally a string of characters
- An investor in Lloyds of London bearing unlimited liability
Translations
name (proper noun)
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- Japanese: 名前 (なまえ, namaé)
- Korean: 이름 (ireum)
- Kurdish: nav
- Latin: nomen (nominis ) n
- Luxembourgish: numm
- Norwegian: navn
- Persian: نام (nām)
- Polish: imię n, imiona n/pl, godność f, nazwa f
- Portuguese: nome m
- Quechua: suti
- Romanian: nume m
- Romanica: nomine n
- Russian: имя (ímja) n, имена (imená) pl
- Serbian: име (ime) n
- Slovene: ime n
- Spanish: nombre m
- Swahili: jina sg, majina pl
- Swedish: namn n
- Tagalog: ngalan , pangalan
- Tahitian: i’oa
- Thai: ชื่อ (chùu)
- Turkish: ad
- Ukrainian: ім’я (ímja) n, імена (imená) pl
- Urdu: نام (nām) m
- Vietnamese: tên
- Volapük: nem
- Yiddish: נאמען (nomen) m
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Translations
reputation
- Albanian: emër
- Arabic: اِشْتِهَار (ištihār) m
- Bulgarian: име (ime) n, имена (imena) pl
- Croatian: ugled m
- Czech: jméno n
- Dutch: naam m, roep m
- Finnish: maine, kunnia
- French: nom m
- German: Name m, Ruf m
- Greek: όνομα (ónoma) n
- Hebrew: שם (šem) m
- Hungarian: hírnév
- Interlingua: fama , reputation
- Italian: fama f, riputazione f
- Japanese: 評判 (ひょうばん , hyōban)
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- Korean: 평판 (pyeongpan), 명성 (myeongseong), 세평 (sepyeong)
- Latin: fama f, existimatio f
- Persian: نام (nām)
- Polish: sława f
- Portuguese: nome m, fama f, reputação f
- Romanica: fama f, reputation f
- Russian: имя (ímja) n, имена (imená) pl
- Serbian: углед (ugled) m
- Slovene: ime n
- Spanish: fama f, reputación f
- Swedish: namn n
- Turkish: ad
- Ukrainian: репутація (reputátsija) f
- Vietnamese: tiếng tăm
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Transitive verb
name, names, naming, named
- give a name to
- From The Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum ... "I will name the fellow 'Jack Pumpkinhead!'"
- Mention, specify
- He named his demands.
- You name it
- Identify:
- naming the problem
- publicly implicate
- The painter was named as an accomplice
- designate for a role
- My neighbor was named to the steering committee
Translations
give a name to
- Arabic: سَمَّى (sámma)
- Breton: envel , radical anv-
- Bulgarian: именувам (imenuvam), назовавам (nazovavam)
- Chinese: 命名 (mìng míng)
- Dutch: noemen (~ after: ~ naar)
- Ekspreso: nominer
- Esperanto: nomi
- Finnish: nimetä
- French: nommer , dénommer
- German: nennen , taufen , bezeichnen
- Greek: ονομάζω (onomázo), ονοματίζω (onomatízo), ονοματοθετῶ (onomatothetó)
- Hungarian: nevez , elnevez vmi./vki. után (to name after something/someone)
- Indonesian: menamai
- Interlingua: nominar , denominar
- Italian: nomare
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- Japanese: 名付ける (なづける , nadzukéru)
- Korean: 이름짓다 (ireum-jitda)
- Latin: nominare
- Norwegian: kalle
- Persian: نامیدن (namidan)
- Polish: nazywać
- Portuguese: nomear , denominar , chamar
- Romanica: nominar , denominar
- Russian: именовать / наименовать (imenovát'/naimenovát'), называть / назвать (nazyvát'/nazvát')
- Slovene: imenovati
- Spanish: nombrar , denominar
- Swedish: döpa
- Vietnamese: đặt tên , cho tên
- Volapük: nemön
- Yiddish: אנרופן (onrufn)
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Translations
mention, specify, choose
- Arabic: اِخْتَارَ (ikhtáːra)
- Bulgarian: избирам (izbiram)
- Dutch: kiezen
- Finnish: valita
- French: choisir , élire
- German: nennen , wählen
- Greek: εκλέγω (eklégo)
- Hungarian: említ
- Indonesian: sebut
- Interlingua: seliger , eliger
- Italian: scegliere, eleggere
- Japanese: 選ぶ (えらぶ , erábu)
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- Korean: 고르다 (koreuda), 선택하다 (seontaek-hada)
- Latin: eligere
- Norwegian: velge
- Polish: wybierać / wybrać
- Portuguese: escolher , eleger
- Romanica: seliger , eliger
- Russian: выбирать / выбрать (vybirát'/výbrat')
- Spanish: escoger , elegir
- Swedish: nämna
- Vietnamese: chọn
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Translations
identify, define, specify
- Arabic: عَيَّنَ (ʕáyyana)
- Bulgarian: определям (opredeljam)
- Dutch: vermelden , opnoemen
- Finnish: ilmoittaa
- French: préciser
- German: nennen
- Hungarian: meghatároz
- Indonesian: sebut
- Interlingua: specificar
- Italian: specificare
- Japanese: 明示する (めいじする , méiji surú)
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- Korean: 자세히 기입하다 (jasehi kiip-hada)
- Latin: denotare
- Norwegian: nevne
- Polish: określać / określić
- Portuguese: especificar , precisar
- Romanica: specificar
- Russian: определять / определить (opredelját'/opredelít'), назначать / назначить (naznačát'/naznáčit')
- Spanish: especificar , precisar
- Swedish: nämna
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Translations
publicly implicate
- Bulgarian: обвинявам (obvinjavam)
- Dutch: benoemen
- Finnish: tunnistaa
- French: identifier , appeler
- German: benennen
- Hungarian: megnevez
- Interlingua: identificar
- Italian: identificare
- Latin: appellare , pronuntiare
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- Norwegian: navngi
- Polish: identyfikować
- Portuguese: identificar
- Romanica: identificar
- Russian: обвинять / обвинить (obvinját'/obvinít')
- Spanish: nombrar , denominar
- Swedish: nämna
- Vietnamese: nhận
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Translations
designate for a role
- Arabic: عَيَّنَ (ʕáyyana), نَصَبَ (náʂaba)
- Bulgarian: определям (opredeljam), назначавам (naznačavam)
- Chinese: 任命 (rèn mìng)
- Dutch: aanstellen
- Finnish: nimittää
- French: nommer
- Greek: διορίζω (diorízo)
- German: ernennen
- Hungarian: kinevez
- Italian: nominare
- Latin: nominare , facere
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- Japanese: 任命する (にんめいする , nimméi surú), 命じる (めいじる , méijiru)
- Korean: 지명하다 (jimyeong-hada), 임명하다 (immyeong-hada)
- Polish: oznaczyć
- Portuguese: nomear
- Russian: определять / определить (opredelját'/opredelít'), назначать / назначить (naznačát'/naznáčit')
- Spanish: nombrar
- Swedish: utnämna
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Related terms
German
Noun
Name m (genitive Namens, plural Namen)
- name, forename, Christian name, given name
- surname, family name
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