onomastic

onomastic

See also: onomàstic

English

Etymology

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀνομᾰστῐκός (onomăstĭkós).

    Pronunciation

    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɒ.nəʊˈmæs.tɪk/
    • (US) IPA(key): /ˌɑː.noʊˈmæs.tɪk/, /ˌɑː.nəˈmæs.tɪk/
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    • Rhymes: -æstɪk

    Adjective

    onomastic (not comparable)

    1. Of or relating to a personal or place name.
      • 2013, David Vaculík, “Parts of the city of Ostrava – The past and current state of urbanonymy”, in Masaryk University Brno[1], page 403:
        The core of the study consists of an onomastic analysis and comparison of some selected areas of the urbanonymic system; I also delineate the characteristics of different urbanonymic types.
    2. Of or relating to onomastics.

    Derived terms

    Translations

    Romanian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from French onomastique.

    Adjective

    onomastic m or n (feminine singular onomastică, masculine plural onomastici, feminine/neuter plural onomastice)

    1. onomastic

    Declension

    Declension of onomastic
    singular plural
    masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
    nominative-
    accusative
    indefinite onomastic onomastică onomastici onomastice
    definite onomasticul onomastica onomasticii onomasticele
    genitive-
    dative
    indefinite onomastic onomastice onomastici onomastice
    definite onomasticului onomasticei onomasticilor onomasticelor