nominative

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• nŏmʹ(ĭ)nətĭv
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• General-American: /ˈnɑm(ɪ)nətɪv/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈnɒm(ɪ)nətɪv/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1nómn̥ Proto-Italic *nōmn̥ Latin nōmen Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin nōminō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Ancient Greek ὀνομᾰστῐκή (onomăstĭkḗ)calq. Latin nōminātīvusder. Old French nominatifbor. ▲ Latin nōminātīvusbor. Middle English nominatyf English nominative From Middle English nominatyf, either via Old French nominatif or directly from Latin nōminātīvus (“pertaining to naming, nominative”).

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: nominatief — being in the nominative case
• Arabic: مَرْفُوع (marfūʕ) — being in the nominative case
• Armenian: ուղղական (uġġakan) — being in the nominative case
• Belarusian: назо́ўны (nazówny) — being in the nominative case
• Bulgarian: имени́телен (imenítelen) — being in the nominative case
• Catalan: nominatiu — being in the nominative case
• Danish: nævnefald — being in the nominative case
• Danish: nominativ — being in the nominative case
• Dutch: nominatief- — being in the nominative case
• Dutch: in de nominatief — being in the nominative case
• Estonian: nimetav — being in the nominative case
• Faroese: hvørfals- — being in the nominative case
• Finnish: nominatiivi- — being in the nominative case
• Finnish: nominatiivinen — being in the nominative case
• French: nominatif — being in the nominative case
• German: Nominativ- — being in the nominative case
• German: im Nominativ — being in the nominative case
• Greek: ονομαστική (onomastikí) — being in the nominative case
• Ancient Greek: ὀνομαστική (onomastikḗ) — being in the nominative case
• Icelandic: nefnifalls- — being in the nominative case
• Icelandic: í nefnafalli — being in the nominative case
• Irish: ainmneach — being in the nominative case
• Italian: nominativo — being in the nominative case
• Korean: 주격 (jugyeok) — being in the nominative case
• Kyrgyz: атооч (atooc) — being in the nominative case
• Latin: nōminātīvus — being in the nominative case
• Old English: nemniġendlīċ — being in the nominative case
• Polish: mianujący — being in the nominative case
• Polish: mianowanie — being in the nominative case
• Portuguese: nominativo — being in the nominative case
• Romanian: nominativ — being in the nominative case
• Russian: имени́тельный (imenítelʹnyj) — being in the nominative case
• Serbo-Croatian: nominativ — being in the nominative case
• Spanish: nominativo — being in the nominative case
• Swedish: nominativ- — being in the nominative case
• Swedish: i nominativ — being in the nominative case
• Ukrainian: називни́й (nazyvnýj) — being in the nominative case
• Welsh: goddrychol — being in the nominative case
• Dutch: nominatiefvorm — noun in the nominative case
• Finnish: nominatiivi — noun in the nominative case
• Finnish: nimentö — noun in the nominative case
• German: Nominativform — noun in the nominative case
• Welsh: goddrychol — noun in the nominative case