nominative
/ˈnɑm(ɪ)nətɪv/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Giving a name; naming; designating.
adj
Being in that case or form of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb.
adj
Making a selection or nomination; choosing.
noun
The nominative case.
noun
A noun in the nominative case.
Example Sentences
- "nominative fair use"
- "A telling marker of the change in the reporter's status was the elimination of the nominative reports (that is, the citation of the reports by the reporter's name). The first state to use “state reports” rather than the nominative designation was Connecticut (1814). Many other states made this change in the middle of the 19th Century or began their official reports with state reports."
- "To Duchamp, an artist's nominative act—the declaration itself regardless of the object—was itself the art. He could choose anything indifferent to, or even in spite of, its aesthetic merits."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Italic *nōmn̥ Latin nōmen Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin nōminō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Ancient Greek ὀνομᾰστῐκή (onomăstĭkḗ)calq. Latin nōminātīvusder. Old French nominatifbor. ▲ Latin nōminātīvusbor. Middle English nominatyf English nominative From Middle English nominatyf, either via Old French nominatif or directly from Latin nōminātīvus (“pertaining to naming, nominative”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: nominatyf, nominatif, nōminātīvus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈnɑm(ɪ)nətɪv/
- British English: /ˈnɒm(ɪ)nətɪv/