Meaning

4 senses

  1. (uncountable)The act of naming or designating.

    Benennung

    называ́ниеnazyvánije, именова́ниеimenovánije

  2. (countable)That by which anything is denominated or styled; an epithet; a name, designation, or title; especially, a general name indicating a class of like individuals.

    Bezeichnung

    и́мяímja, назва́ниеnazvánije, наименова́ниеnaimenovánije

    найменуванняnajmenuvannja, позначенняpoznačennja

  3. (countable)A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a subdivision of a religion.

    She follows the Ahmadiyya denomination of Islam.

    Konfession

    деномина́цияdenominácija, вероисповеда́ниеveroispovedánije, се́ктаsékta

    віросповіданняvirospovidannja, конфесіяkonfesija

  4. (countable)A unit in a series of units of weight, money, etc.

    What denomination is that money? They are all 50 euro notes.

    Stückelung

    досто́инствоdostóinstvo, сто́имостьstóimostʹ

    вартістьvartistʹ

    a class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers or measures or weights or money

Examples

6 sentences

  1. Is the denomination "white man" racist?

    deIst die Bezeichnung "weißer Mann" rassistisch? — wannieh

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  2. He only ever has large denominations.

    rul · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. What denominations would you like that in?

    Shiawase · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  4. Our denomination practices exclusive psalmody in worship.

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  5. When developing an ecumenical service, take care not to offend members of any denomination.

    deBei der Ausarbeitung eines ökumenischen Gottesdienstes ist darauf zu achten, niemanden, gleich welcher Bekenntnis, vor den Kopf zu stoßen. — Yorwba

    AlanF_US · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
name, designation, or title:
class or society with the same name, a sect:
unit in a series of units:
Русский
By meaning 4
act of naming, designation:
name, designation, or title:
class or society with the same name, a sect:
unit in a series of units:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
act of naming, designation:
name, designation, or title:
class or society with the same name, a sect:
unit in a series of units:

Origin

From Middle English denominacioun, from Old French denominacion, from Latin dēnōminātiō. B

From Middle English denominacioun, from Old French denominacion, from Latin dēnōminātiō. By surface analysis, denominate + -ion.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: denominations
Singulardenomination
Pluraldenominations

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

11 related words
RelatednameA1titleA2denominateappellationface value
Deriveddenominationaldenominationalismdenomination effectdenominationistredenominationsubdenomination

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
denierdenigratedenimB2denominatordenoteC2denounceC2denseB2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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