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Received-Pronunciation:
/nə(ʊ)ˈmɛŋ.klət͡ʃə/
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/-ˈmɛn-/
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Received-Pronunciation, obsolete:
/ˈnəʊmɪn.klət͡ʃə/
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Received-Pronunciation, obsolete:
/ˈnəʊmɛn.klət͡ʃə/
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General-American:
/ˈnoʊmənˌkleɪt͡ʃɚ/
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General-American:
/ˌnoʊmənˈkleɪt͡ʃɚ/
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N OW1 M AH0 N K L EY2 CH ER0
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A set of rules used for forming the names or terms in a particular field of arts or sciences.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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A set of names or terms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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A name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
legal terminology biological nomenclature the language of sociology
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Synonyms: terminology, language
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Broader terms: word
Narrower terms: markup language, toponymy, toponomy
Borrowed from Latin nōmenclātūra (“a calling by name, list of names”), from nōmen (“name”) + calāre (“call”). Doublet of nomenklatura.
Across languages
Translations
51 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic :
تَسْمِيَة
(tasmiya)
— set of names or terms
Belarusian :
наменклату́ра
(namjenklatúra)
— set of names or terms
Belarusian :
намэнкляту́ра
(namenkljatúra)
— set of names or terms
Bulgarian :
номенклату́ра
(nomenklatúra)
— set of names or terms
Catalan :
nomenclatura
— set of names or terms
Chinese Mandarin :
命名法
(mìngmíngfǎ)
— set of names or terms
Czech :
nomenklatura
— set of names or terms
Danish :
nomenklatur
— set of names or terms
Dutch :
nomenclatuur
— set of names or terms
Esperanto :
nomenklaturo
— set of names or terms
Estonian :
nomenklatuur
— set of names or terms
Finnish :
nimistö
— set of names or terms
French :
nomenclature
— set of names or terms
Galician :
nomenclatura
— set of names or terms
Georgian :
ნომენკლატურა
(nomenḳlaṭura)
— set of names or terms
German :
Nomenklatur
— set of names or terms
Greek :
ονοματολογία
(onomatología)
— set of names or terms
Greek :
νομενκλατούρα
(nomenklatoúra)
— set of names or terms
Hebrew :
נוֹמֶנְקְלָטוּרָה
(nomenklatúra)
— set of names or terms
Hindi :
नामकरण
(nāmakraṇ)
— set of names or terms
Hungarian :
nómenklatúra
— set of names or terms
Irish :
ainmníocht
— set of names or terms
Italian :
nomenclatura
— set of names or terms
Japanese :
命名法
(meimeihō)
— set of names or terms
Kazakh :
атаулар
(ataular)
— set of names or terms
Kazakh :
номенклатура
(nomenklatura)
— set of names or terms
Khmer :
សមញ្ញា
(saʼmaññaa)
— set of names or terms
Korean :
명명법
(myeongmyeongbeop)
— set of names or terms
Kyrgyz :
номенклатура
(nomenklatura)
— set of names or terms
Macedonian :
номенклату́ра
(nomenklatúra)
— set of names or terms
Malayalam :
നാമകരണം
(nāmakaraṇaṁ)
— set of names or terms
Norwegian Bokmål :
nomenklatur
— set of names or terms
Norwegian Nynorsk :
nomenklatur
— set of names or terms
Occitan :
nomenclatura
— set of names or terms
Polish :
nazewnictwo
— set of names or terms
Polish :
nomenklatura
— set of names or terms
Portuguese :
nomenclatura
— set of names or terms
Romanian :
nomenclatură
— set of names or terms
Russian :
номенклату́ра
(nomenklatúra)
— set of names or terms
Scottish Gaelic :
ainmeachadh
— set of names or terms
Serbo-Croatian :
номенклату́ра
— set of names or terms
Serbo-Croatian :
nomenklatúra
— set of names or terms
Slovak :
nomenklatúra
— set of names or terms
Slovene :
nomenklatura
— set of names or terms
Spanish :
nomenclatura
— set of names or terms
Swedish :
nomenklatur
— set of names or terms
Tagalog :
kangalanan
— set of names or terms
Turkish :
terimbilgisi
— set of names or terms
Ukrainian :
номенклату́ра
(nomenklatúra)
— set of names or terms
Uzbek :
nomenklatura
— set of names or terms
Vietnamese :
danh pháp
— set of names or terms