adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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ŭn'nāmdʹ
/ˌʌnˈneɪmd/
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rhymes with -eɪmd
CMU ARPABET:AH0 N N EY1 M D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Not having a name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
an unnamed military project
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Not named or specified.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
an unnamed day in the future
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
being or having an unknown or unnamed source
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a poem by an unknown author
corporations responsible to nameless owners
an unnamed donor
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nameless, unidentified, unknown
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English named English unnamed From un- + named.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
безименен
(bezimenen)
— having no name
Catalan:
innominat
— having no name
Chinese Mandarin:
未命名
(wèimìngmíng)
— having no name
Chinese Mandarin:
無名 /无名
(wúmíng)
— having no name
Czech:
nepojmenovaný
— having no name
Dutch:
naamloos
— having no name
Esperanto:
sennoma
— having no name
Finnish:
nimetön
— having no name
French:
sans nom
— having no name
French:
innomé
— having no name
Galician:
innominado
— having no name
Georgian:
უსახელო
(usaxelo)
— having no name
Georgian:
სახელდაურქმეველი
(saxeldaurkmeveli)
— having no name
Georgian:
სახელშეურქმეველი
(saxelšeurkmeveli)
— having no name
German:
namenlos
— having no name
German:
ungenannt
— having no name
Hindi:
अनाम
(anām)
— having no name
Hindi:
अनामक
(anāmak)
— having no name
Italian:
innominato
— having no name
Japanese:
無名
(mumei)
— having no name
Northern Sami:
namaheapme
— having no name
Occitan:
innominat
— having no name
Polish:
nienazwany
— having no name
Polish:
bezimienny
— having no name
Portuguese:
sem nome
— having no name
Portuguese:
inominado
— having no name
Russian:
безымя́нный
(bezymjánnyj)
— having no name
Russian:
без и́мени
(bez ímeni)
— having no name
Russian:
неимено́ванный
(neimenóvannyj)
— having no name
Russian:
неупомя́нутый
(neupomjánutyj)
— having no name
Russian:
нена́званный
(nenázvannyj)
— having no name