Standard Lemma guide

unnamed

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/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • 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
  • Serbo-Croatian: bezimen — having no name
  • Spanish: innominado — having no name
  • Turkish: adsız — having no name
  • Turkish: isimsiz — having no name
Real reading context

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