nom

• (UK) IPA^(key): /nɒm/
• (US) IPA: /nɑm/, X-SAMPA: /nQm/
• Rhymes: -ɒm

Short form of various words.

nom (plural noms)

1. (informal) Clipping of nomination.
   • 2000 May 30, "Webmaster -- Kevin Stroud" (username), "Re: RBL nomination for 195.235.113.140 (mail.teleline.es) -- 5th supporting email, in news.admin.net-abuse.email, Usenet:

     I have already submitted a revised (in terms of format) nomination. […] In the future I will try to better organize my information (one message per nom, snip out excess spam if I post, etc.).

   • 2001 July 17, "William Tunstall-Pedoe" (username), "problems/suggestions for this group", in alt.anagrams, Usenet:

     The obvious way to reduce the number of noms is to increase the standard.

   • 2010 February 13, "Juan F. Lara" (username), "2/5-7 Weekend BoxOffice", in rec.arts.animation and rec.arts.disney.animation, Usenet:

     Particularly "Mr. Fox" now that it has an Oscar nom to boast about.

2. (informal) Clipping of nominator.
3. (informal) Clipping of nominee.

nom (third-person singular simple present noms, present participle nomming, simple past and past participle nommed)

1. (transitive, informal) Clipping of nominate.
   • 1998, "blaque" (username), "A Teeny Favor (Was: Re: NOMINATION: Ms A.T. Rookie (fwd)", in alt.tasteless, Usenet:

     I have a little request to make. When you kids nom, do you think you could make clear who it is you're nomming -- and maybe even include the article headers for the voters (and the judge) -- many of whom are not psychics?

   • 2001, "William Tunstall-Pedoe" (username), "problems/suggestions for this group", in alt.anagrams, Usenet:

     Quite a big percentage of the anagrams posted here get nommed - IMO it should only be around 20% or so.

   • 2007, Variety staff, "Composer Prince dies" (obituary):

     Emmy-nommed composer Robert Prince died March 4 in Los Angeles after a brief illness.

Onomatopoeic.

nom

1. (colloquial) Used to denote eating, or enjoyment of eating. Commonly used as "nom nom nom".

   [to a baby]

   You are so cute, I could just eat you right up! Nom nom nom.

nom (third-person singular simple present noms, present participle nomming, simple past and past participle nommed)

1. (colloquial) To eat with noisy enjoyment.

• nom nom nom
• num
• yum
• yum yum

• MNO, MON, Mon, Mon., ONM, mon, mon-, mon.

• Tone: LL[1]

nom

1. to drink

   nom nsu - to drink water

• Christaller, Johann Gottlieb (1881). A Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language Called Tshi (Chwee, Tw̌i). Basel.

• nomu

Borrowed from Greek νόμος (nómos).

nom n (plural nomuri)

1. law
2. rule
3. belief

• (law): leadzi, zãcon
• (belief): pisti, fedi

From Old Occitan nom, from Latin nōmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔm/
• Rhymes: -ɔm

nom m (plural noms)

1. name (word that indicates a particular person, place, or thing)
2. (grammar) noun
3. name (reputation)

• (name): apel·latiu
• (noun): substantiu
• (reputation): fama, reputació

• anomenar
• malnom

• cognom
• nominal
• nominatiu
• pronom
• sobrenom

• “nom” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “nom” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “nom” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “nom” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Old French nom, from Latin nomen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

• IPA^(key): /nɔ̃/

• Audio (France, Paris) "le nom"

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• Rhymes: -ɔ̃
• Homophones: noms, non

nom m (plural noms)

1. A name, especially a last name or family name.

   Un nom de famille est un nom propre. ― A family name is a proper noun.

   Votre nom et prénom, s'il vous plaît. ― Your last name and first name, please.

2. A noun.

   Un nom de famille est un nom propre. ― A family name is a proper noun.

• (noun): nom adjectif (= adjectif), nom substantif (= substantif)

• nomination
• nomenclature

• Antillean Creole: non
• Haitian Creole: non
• Louisiana Creole French: nom
• Mauritian Creole: non
• Seychellois Creole: non

• “nom” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• mon

From Latin nōmen.

nom

1. name

Borrowed from Latin nomen.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔːm/

nom m (plural nomi)

1. (grammar) noun

nom

1. third-person preterite of nimenThird-person preterite form of nimen

• naom (Guernsey)

From Old French nom, from Latin nōmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

• Audio (Jersey)

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nom m (plural noms)

1. (Jersey) name
2. (Jersey, grammar) noun

• nom vèrbal (“verbal noun, gerund”)

• (Provence) noum

From Old Occitan nom, from Latin nōmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

nom m (plural noms)

1. name
2. (grammar) noun

• nom comun

From Latin nōmen.

nom m (oblique plural nons, nominative singular nons, nominative plural nom)

1. name

• English: noun (borrowed)
• French: nom
• Norman: nom
• Walloon: no

From Latin nōmen.

nom m (oblique plural noms, nominative singular noms, nominative plural nom)

1. name

• Catalan: nom
• Occitan: nom

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnõ/
• Hyphenation: nom

nom (not comparable)

1. (dated, dialectal) Alternative form of não
   • 14th-15th centuries, O Livro de Exopo, A rã e o boi:

     Madre, nom faças, ca tu es muy pequena cousa a rrespeyto d’este boy.

     Mother, don't do it, because you are a very small thing compared to this ox.

nom

1. don't

   Tadan nom! ― Don't be afraid!

• haser

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [nɔm˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [nɔm˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [nɔm˧˧]

nom

1. to look at
2. to look after