nomenclature en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /-ˈmɛn-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈnoʊmənˌkleɪt͡ʃɚ/ (General-American)
- (US) audio
- /ˈnəʊmɪn.klət͡ʃə/ (Received-Pronunciation, obsolete)
- /ˌnoʊmənˈkleɪt͡ʃɚ/ (General-American)
- /nə(ʊ)ˈmɛŋ.klət͡ʃə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈnəʊmɛn.klət͡ʃə/ (Received-Pronunciation, obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin nōmenclātūra (“a calling by name, list of names”), from nōmen (“name”) + calāre (“call”). Doublet of nomenklatura.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A set of rules used for forming the names or terms in a particular field of arts or sciences.
The existence of a systematic nomenclature for the unknown elements does not deny the right of 'discoverers' of new elements to suggest other names to the Commission after their discovery has been established beyond all doubt in the general scientific community.
2025 December 7 (last accessed), G. P. Moss, “Recommendations for the Naming of Elements of Atomic Numbers Greater than 100”, in IUPAC, archived from the original on 08 Jul 2025:It is also pertinent to note that the current obvious decline in work on holarctic hepatics most surely reflects a current obsession with cataloging and with nomenclature of the organisms—as divorced from their study as living entities.
1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page ix:
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(countable, uncountable) A set of names or terms.
I'll try to educate ya / Gonna familiarize you with the nomenclature
2014, "Weird Al" Yankovic, “Word Crimes”:Another major defect of the current literature dealing with the nomenclature of hybrid forms of English is the scant attention paid to the question of frequency.
2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 4:
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A name.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| nomenclatures | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
binomenclature · chemical nomenclature · substitutive nomenclature · nomenclaturally · nomenclaturism · comiconomenclaturist · nomenclatural · bionomenclature · binomial nomenclature · nomenclaturist · Linnaean nomenclature
Relateds
numericlature · nomenclator · nomenclatory
Synonyms
Translations (51)
gd ainmeachadh (set of names or terms) · cmn 命名法 (set of names or terms) · ar تَسْمِيَة (set of names or terms) · ru номенклату́ра (set of names or terms) · ko 명명법 (set of names or terms) · pt nomenclatura (set of names or terms) · sh номенклату́ра (set of names or terms) · oc nomenclatura (set of names or terms) · be наменклату́ра (set of names or terms) · ga ainmníocht (set of names or terms) · sh nomenklatúra (set of names or terms) · hi नामकरण (set of names or terms) · fi nimistö (set of names or terms) · ml നാമകരണം (set of names or terms) · nn nomenklatur (set of names or terms) · kk номенклатура (set of names or terms) · tl kangalanan (set of names or terms) · nb nomenklatur (set of names or terms) · ca nomenclatura (set of names or terms) · ky номенклатура (set of names or terms) · sl nomenklatura (set of names or terms) · pl nomenklatura (set of names or terms) · it nomenclatura (set of names or terms) · sk nomenklatúra (set of names or terms) · bg номенклату́ра (set of names or terms) · ro nomenclatură (set of names or terms) · eo nomenklaturo (set of names or terms) · sv nomenklatur (set of names or terms) · ka ნომენკლატურა (set of names or terms) · kk атаулар (set of names or terms) · vi danh pháp (set of names or terms) · he נוֹמֶנְקְלָטוּרָה (set of names or terms) · mk номенклату́ра (set of names or terms) · fr nomenclature (set of names or terms) · et nomenklatuur (set of names or terms) · es nomenclatura (set of names or terms) · km សមញ្ញា (set of names or terms) · el νομενκλατούρα (set of names or terms) · uk номенклату́ра (set of names or terms) · de Nomenklatur (set of names or terms) · el ονοματολογία (set of names or terms) · uz nomenklatura (set of names or terms) · tr terimbilgisi (set of names or terms) · nl nomenclatuur (set of names or terms) · be намэнкляту́ра (set of names or terms) · ja 命名法 (set of names or terms) · cs nomenklatura (set of names or terms) · da nomenklatur (set of names or terms) · hu nómenklatúra (set of names or terms) · gl nomenclatura (set of names or terms) · pl nazewnictwo (set of names or terms)