onomastic

See also: onomàstic

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀνομαστικός (onomastikós).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

onomastic (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to a personal or place name.
    • (Can we date this quote?), 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 and 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