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nameplate en · NOUN

Etymology

From name + plate.

Meanings

1. A plate or plaque inscribed with a name.
   • Now the chintzy nameplate is all that distinguishes his work space from those of the photocopier repairperson, diet food company, and kitchen designer down the hall. 1998 December 18, Peter Margasak, “Punk Planet's New Atmosphere”, in Chicago Reader:
   • the nameplate on a locomotive
   • Mr. K. W. C. Grand, Member of the B.T.C., and formerly General Manager of the Western Region, then unveiled one of the nameplates of No. 92220, to the applause of the large number of railwaymen and guests present. 1960 May 14, “Evening Star”, in Railway Magazine, pages 307-308:
   • By March 1994, it had moved to Cardiff Canton, and was still allocated there when its nameplates were taken off in March 1997. 2024 January 10, Chris Gilson, “RAIL's famous five...”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 27:
   • the brass nameplate on the doctor's front door
   • No. 6959 is painted in the standard wartime black livery and, like its immediate predecessors, does not carry a nameplate, but the words "Hall Class" have been painted on the middle coupled-wheel splasher. 1944 November and December, “Modified G.W.R. "Hall" Class Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 350:
2. The masthead of a newspaper.

Forms

Deriveds

nameplating · nameplated

Translations (18)

fr plaque (de nom) (A plate or plaque inscribed with a name) · ja ネームプレート (A plate or plaque inscribed with a name) · nl naambord (A plate or plaque inscribed with a name) · ga ainmchlár (A plate or plaque inscribed with a name) · cmn 名牌 (A plate or plaque inscribed with a name) · pl plakietka (A plate or plaque inscribed with a name) · id papan nama (A plate or plaque inscribed with a name) · es placa nominal (A plate or plaque inscribed with a name) · de Namensschild (A plate or plaque inscribed with a name) · ro placă (de nume) (A plate or plaque inscribed with a name) · ja 名札 (A plate or plaque inscribed with a name) · fi nimikyltti (A plate or plaque inscribed with a name) · cmn 姓名牌 (A plate or plaque inscribed with a name) · sv namnskylt (A plate or plaque inscribed with a name) · ru табли́чка (A plate or plaque inscribed with a name) · ru именна́я табли́чка (A plate or plaque inscribed with a name) · pl identyfikator (A plate or plaque inscribed with a name) · fi nimikilpi (A plate or plaque inscribed with a name)