name

See also: Name, NAmE, namé, nàme, ñame, näme, .name, and -name

name - English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: nām, IPA: /neɪm/

Noun

name (plural names)

  1. Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
    • I've never liked the name my parents gave me so I changed it at the age of twenty.
    • What's your name? Puddintane. Ask me again and I'll tell you the same.
  2. Reputation.
  3. An abusive or insulting epithet.
    • Stop calling me names!
  4. A person (or legal person).
  5. Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
  6. Authority; behalf.
    • Halt in the name of the law!
  7. (computing) A unique identifier, generally a string of characters.
  8. (UK, finance) An investor in Lloyds of London bearing unlimited liability.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Derived terms of name that are not hyponyms

Descendants

Translations

  • Finnish: pilkkanimi (fi) (rare); see also nimitellä (fi) (to call names)
  • Finnish: nimi (fi)
  • French: nom (fr)
  • Zazaki: namedar (diq)
  • Finnish: nimi (fi)
  • Greek: αναγνωριστικό (el) (anagnoristikó)
  • Zazaki: namek

Verb

name (third-person singular simple present names, present participle naming, simple past and past participle named)

  1. (ditransitive) To give a name to.
    • One visitor named Hou Yugang said he was not too concerned about climate change and Baishui’s melting.
    • (transitive) To mention, specify.
      • He named his demands.
      • You name it!
      • You have to pot the ball in the pocket you've named.
    • (transitive) To identify as relevant or important
      • naming the problem
    • (transitive) To publicly implicate by name.
      • The painter was named as an accomplice.
    • (transitive, of a person) To disclose the name of.
      • Police are not naming the suspect as he is a minor.
    • (transitive) To designate for a role.
      • Synonym: nominate
      • My neighbor was named to the steering committee.
    • (transitive, Westminster system politics) To initiate a process to temporarily remove a member of parliament who is breaking the rules of conduct.

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    Terms derived from name (verb)

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    Noun

    name (plural names)

    1. Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.

    Synonyms

    Translations

    • Spanish: ñame (es)
    • Ukrainian: ямс (uk) m (jams)

    Anagrams

    name - Afrikaans

    Noun

    name

    1. plural of naam

    name - Central Malay

    Noun

    name

    1. name

    name - Cimbrian

    Noun

    name ?

    1. (Tredici Comuni) name

    name - Dutch

    Verb

    name

    1. (archaic) singular past subjunctive of nemen

    Noun

    name

    1. (archaic) Dative singular form of naam

    Anagrams

    name - Eastern Arrernte

    Noun

    name

    1. grass

    name - Japanese

    Romanization

    name

    1. Rōmaji transcription of なめ

    name - Lithuanian

    Noun

    name m

    1. locative singular of namas
    2. vocative singular of namas

    name - Middle Dutch

    Noun

    nāme m or f

    1. name
    2. fame, reputation

    Inflection

    This noun needs an inflection-table template.

    Derived terms

    Descendants


    Noun

    nâme f

    1. taking
    2. receiving

    Inflection

    This noun needs an inflection-table template.

    Descendants

    • Dutch: name (mostly in compounds)

    name - Middle English

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

    • IPA: /ˈnaːm(ə)/

    Noun

    name (plural names or namen)

    1. name

    Descendants

    name - Northern Kurdish

    Pronunciation

    • IPA: /nɑːˈmɛ/

    Noun

    name f

    1. letter (a document)

    name - Pali

    Alternative forms

    • 𑀦𑀫𑁂 (Brahmi script)
    • नमे (Devanagari script)
    • নমে (Bengali script)
    • නමෙ (Sinhalese script)
    • နမေ or ၼမေ (Burmese script)
    • นเม or นะเม (Thai script)
    • ᨶᨾᩮ (Tai Tham script)
    • ນເມ or ນະເມ (Lao script)
    • នមេ (Khmer script)
    • 𑄚𑄟𑄬 (Chakma script)

    Verb

    name

    1. singular optative active of namati (to bend)

    name - Volapük

    Noun

    name

    1. dative singular of nam

    name - Yola

    Noun

    name

    1. Alternative form of naame

    name - Zazaki

    Pronunciation

    • IPA: /nɔːme/

    Noun

    name (nam)

    1. name
    2. reputation
    Meaning and Definition of name
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