# nom
## English
### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /nɒm/
* (US) IPA: /nɑm/
** Audio (Midland US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɒm

### Etymology 1

Short form of various words.

#### Noun

nom (plural noms)
* (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, “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.
* (informal) Clipping of nominator.
* (informal) Clipping of nominee.

#### Verb

nom (third-person singular simple present noms, present participle nomming, simple past and past participle nommed)
* (transitive, informal) Clipping of nominate.
** 1998, blaque, “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, “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.

### Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic, variant of num, num-num. Attested 2004 as om nom, om nom nom, popularized from 2007 in internet use, second place in American Dialect Society "Word of the Year" 2010. From the catchphrase of Cookie Monster on Sesame Street, as at the end of “C Is For Cookie” (1971), made when devouring cookies. However, as late as 2009, this was canonically written with a ‘u’, as in S is For School! (2006), as “num num”, or in the press kit for the 40th season (2009), as “un num num num num”; by 2013 this was changed to the now-popular nom.

#### Interjection

nom
* (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.

##### Usage notes

Considered annoying and childish by some.

##### Related terms

* nom nom nom
* num
* num-num
* om nom nom
* yum
* yum yum

##### Translations
#### Verb

nom (third-person singular simple present noms, present participle nomming, simple past and past participle nommed)
* (colloquial) To eat with noisy enjoyment. [with on]

##### Translations
### References

* ↑ on nom, Urban Dictionary
* ↑ “App” 2010 Word of the Year, as voted by American Dialect Society
* ↑ “Season 40 Press Kit -- Muppet Bios”, in Sesame Workshop‎, 2009, archived from the original on 10 October 2009
* ↑ “Nom”, Muppet Wiki
* 1 2 Hatic, Dana (2016 November 2) “The Origins of the Annoyingly Trendy Word 'Nom', Explained”, in Eater
* ↑ “Nom Nom: Why That Phrase (Or Nom, Or Noms) Gives Us The Creeps”, in The Huffington Post, 2013 January 7

### See also

* chu nom
* nom d'artiste
* nom de clavier
* nom de course
* nom-de-plume
* nom de voyage
* nom de Web
* nom nom
* om nom
* om nom nom nom

### Anagrams

* NMO, Mon., mon-, Mon, 'mon, mon., MON, mon, ONM, MNO

## Akan
### Pronunciation

* Tone: LL

### Verb

nom
* to drink
    nom nsu - to drink water

### References

* ↑ Kotey, Paul A. (1998). Twi-English/English-Twi Dictionary. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
* Christaller, Johann Gottlieb (1881) A Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language Called Tshi (Chwee, Tw̌i)‎, Basel, page 337

## Aromanian
### Alternative forms

* nomu

### Etymology

Borrowed from Greek νόμος (nómos).

### Noun

nom n (plural nomuri)
* law
* rule
* belief

#### Synonyms

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

## Bikol Central

* This entry is part of the phrasebook project, which presents criteria for inclusion based on utility, simplicity and commonness.

### Alternative forms

* nem

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnom/ [ˈn̪om]

### Interjection

nom (Basahan spelling ᜈᜓᜋ᜔)
* (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) Hello
    Synonyms: komusta, tara

### Phrase

nom (Basahan spelling ᜈᜓᜋ᜔)
* (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) What's up?
    Synonym: tara

## Bolongan
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnom/

### Numeral

nom
* six

### Further reading

* Adul, M. Asfandi (1985) “nom”, in Struktur Bahasa Bulungan‎, Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan nom, from Latin nōmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈnɔm]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔm

### Noun

nom m (plural noms)
* name (word that indicates a particular person, place, or thing)
* (grammar) noun
* name (reputation)

#### Synonyms

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

#### Derived terms

* anomenar
* malnom
* nom propi

#### Related terms

* cognom
* nominal
* nominatiu
* pronom
* sobrenom

### References

* “nom” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “nom”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “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.

## Eskayan
### Numeral

nom
* six

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French nom (whence Norman nom), from Latin nōmen (whence Italian and Portuguese nome; Spanish nombre), from Proto-Italic *nomən, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (whence Ancient Greek ὄνομα (ónoma), Russian и́мя (ímja), Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man), English name).

### Pronunciation

* (Paris) IPA: /nɔ̃/
** Audio (Paris); “le nom”:(file)
* (Quebec) IPA: /nõʊ̯̃/
* Rhymes: -ɔ̃
* Homophones: noms, non, nons

### Noun

nom m (plural noms)
* 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.
* a noun
    Un nom de famille est un nom propre. ― A family name is a proper noun.

#### Hyponyms

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

#### Derived terms

* au nom de
* au nom du ciel
* complément du nom
* digne de ce nom
* nom abstrait, nom adjectif, nom appellatif
* nom adjectif
* nom binomial
* nom binomial, nom binominal
* nom binominal
* nom collectif, nom commun, nom complet, nom concret
* nom complet
* nom concret
* nom de baptême, nom de bleu
* nom de code
* nom de Dieu, nom de Dieu de bordel de merde, nom de domaine
* nom de domaine
* nom de d’la
* nom de famille
* nom de guerre
* nom de jeune fille
* nom de marque
* nom de personne, nom de plume, nom de produit
* nom de scène
* nom de temps
* nom declinable, nom indeclinable
* nom dénombrable
* nom dénombrable, nom déposé
* nom déposé
* nom d’agent
* nom d’emprunt
* nom d’oiseau
* nom d’un chien
* nom d’un petit bonhomme
* nom d’une pipe
* nom d’utilisateur
* nom épithète
* nom féminin, nom masculin, nom neutre
* nom fondamental
* nom générique
* nom indénombrable, nom latin
* nom latin
* nom massif
* nom personnel, nom propre
* nom propre
* nom savant
* nom scientifique, nom spécifique, nom substantif, nom systématique
* nom substantif
* nom systématique
* nom taxonomique
* nom taxonomique, nom trivial
* nom trivial
* nom vernaculaire
* nominal
* nommer
* prénom
* pronom, nom propre
* renommée
* sacré nom
* sans nom
* surnom
* traiter de tous les noms

#### Related terms

* nomination
* nomenclature

#### Descendants

* Antillean Creole: non
* Haitian Creole: non
* Louisiana Creole: nom
* Mauritian Creole: non
* Seychellois Creole: non

### Further reading

* “nom”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* mon

## Galician
### Adverb

nom
* reintegrationist spelling of non

## Istriot
### Etymology

From Latin nōmen (whence French nom, Italian nome, Portuguese nome, Spanish nombre), from Proto-Italic *nomən, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (whence Ancient Greek ὄνομα (ónoma), Russian и́мя (ímja), Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man), English name).

### Noun

nom
* name

## Javanese
### Romanization

nom
* Romanization of ꦤꦺꦴꦩ꧀

## Kalasha
### Etymology

From Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”). Compare Khowar نم (nam).

### Noun

nom (Arabic نوم)
* name
    Tay nom kía?What is your name?

## Kamkata-viri
### Alternative forms

* num (Western Kata-viri)

### Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *nāma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnom/

### Noun

nom (Eastern Kata-viri, Kamviri)
* name

### References

* ↑ Strand, Richard F. (2016) “n′om”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎
* ↑ https://iecor.clld.org/values/314-106-1

## Maltese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian nome.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnɔːm/

### Noun

nom m (plural nomi)
* (grammar) noun

## Middle English
### Verb

nom
* third-person preterite of nimen

## Norman
### Alternative forms

* naom (Guernsey)

### Etymology

From Old French nom (whence French nom), from Latin nōmen (whence Italian nome, Portuguese nome, Spanish nombre), from Proto-Italic *nomən, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (whence Ancient Greek ὄνομα (ónoma), Russian и́мя (ímja), Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man), English name).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Jersey):(file)

### Noun

nom m (plural noms)
* (Jersey) name
* (Jersey, grammar) noun

#### Derived terms

* nom vèrbal (“verbal noun, gerund”)

## Northwestern Dinka
### Noun

nom (plural nïïm)
* head

### References

* Dinka-English Dictionary‎, 2005

## Occitan
### Alternative forms

* (Provence) noum

### Etymology

From Old Occitan nom, from Latin nōmen (whence French nom, Italian nome, Portuguese nome, Spanish nombre), from Proto-Italic *nomən, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (whence Ancient Greek ὄνομα (ónoma), Russian и́мя (ímja), Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man), English name).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

nom m (plural noms)
* name
* (grammar) noun

#### Derived terms

* nom comun
* pitit nom

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nom/

### Verb

nom
* first/third-person preterite of niman

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* non, noum, noun, num, nun

### Etymology

Inherited from Latin nōmen.

### Noun

nom oblique singular, m (oblique plural nons, nominative singular nons, nominative plural nom)
* name
* (grammar) noun

#### Descendants

* French: nom
* Norman: nom
* Walloon: no
* → Middle English: noun, none, nown, nowne, noune
** English: noun

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Adverb

nom
* Alternative form of non
** 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.

## Old Occitan
### Etymology

From Latin nōmen (whence Italian nome, Portuguese nome, Spanish nombre), from Proto-Italic *nomən, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (whence Ancient Greek ὄνομα (ónoma), Russian и́мя (ímja), Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man), English name).

### Noun

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

#### Descendants

* Occitan: nom

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈnõ/
* Hyphenation: nom

### Adverb

nom (not comparable)
* Pronunciation spelling of não, representing Alto Alentejan, Minhoto, Portuense and Transmontano Portuguese.

## Prasuni
### Alternative forms

* nëmë (Zumu)

### Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *nāmu (due to the absence of a final vowel), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nom/ (tone class A)

### Noun

nom (Pronz)
* name

### References

* ↑ Strand, Richard F. (2016) “nom”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎

## Sawi
### Particle

nom
* don't
    Tadan nom! ― Don't be afraid!

### See also

* haser

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [nɔm˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [nɔm˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [nɔm˧˧]

### Verb

nom • (𥈶, 𫌢)
* to look at
* to look after

#### Derived terms

* chăm nom
* trông nom