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binomial nomenclature

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Meaning 1

The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts; the first is the genus, and is written with an initial capital letter; the second is some specific epithet that distinguishes the species within the genus. By convention, the whole name is typeset in italics. The genus part is often abbreviated to its initial letter e.g. H. sapiens for Homo sapiens

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy

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48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَسْمِيَة ثُنَائِيَّة (tasmiya ṯunāʔiyya) — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts
  • Asturian: nome binomial — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts
  • Bulgarian: бина́рна номенклату́ра (binárna nomenklatúra) — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts
  • Catalan: nomenclatura binomial — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雙名法 /双名法 (shuāngmíngfǎ) — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts
  • Chinese Mandarin: 二名法 (èrmíngfǎ) — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts
  • Czech: binominální nomenklatura — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts
  • Dutch: binomiale nomenclatuur — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts
  • Esperanto: dunoma nomenklaturo — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts
  • Estonian: binaarne nomenklatuur — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts
  • Finnish: kaksisanainen nimikkeistö — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts
  • French: nom binominal — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts
  • Georgian: ბინომიალური ნომენკლატურა (binomialuri nomenḳlaṭura) — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts
  • Greek: διώνυμη ονοματολογία (diónymi onomatología) — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts
  • Hungarian: kettős nevezéktan — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts
  • Hungarian: binomiális nomenklatúra — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts
  • Icelandic: tvínafnakerfi — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts
  • Indonesian: tatanama biologi — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts
  • Italian: nomenclatura binomiale — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts
  • Japanese: 二名法 (nimeihō) — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts
  • Kazakh: бинарлық номенклатура (binarlyq nomenklatura) — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts
  • Kazakh: биноминалдық номенклатура (binominaldyq nomenklatura) — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts
  • Korean: 학명 (hangmyeong) — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts
  • Latin: binomen — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts
  • Latin: nomen binominale — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts
  • Low German: bioloogsche nomenklatur — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts
  • Occitan: nomenclatura binomiala — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts
  • Persian: نام علمی — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts
  • Polish: nomenklatura binominalna — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts
  • Portuguese: nomenclatura binomial — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts
  • Quechua: mitan kamaypaq suti — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts
  • Romanian: nomenclatură binară — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts
  • Russian: биномина́льная номенклату́ра (binominálʹnaja nomenklatúra) — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts
  • Serbo-Croatian: биномијална номенклатура — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts
  • Serbo-Croatian: binomijalna nomenklatura — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts
  • Serbo-Croatian: dvojno nazivlje — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts
  • Slovene: dvočlensko poimenovanje — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts
  • Spanish: nomenclatura binominal — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts
  • Swedish: binomial nomenklatur — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts
  • Swedish: binär nomenklatur — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts
  • Telugu: ద్వినామ నామకరణ (dvināma nāmakaraṇa) — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts
  • Thai: ระบบการเรียกชื่อสิ่งมีชีวิตแบบทวินาม (rábòp gaan rîak chêu sìng mee cheewít bàep táwí naam) — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts
  • Turkish: ikili adlandırma — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts
  • Ukrainian: біноміна́льна номенклату́ра (binominálʹna nomenklatúra) — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts
  • Vietnamese: danh pháp hai phần — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts
  • Vietnamese: danh pháp lưỡng nôm — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts
  • Walloon: sincieus latén — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts
  • Welsh: enw deuenwol — The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts