Meaning

9 senses

  1. Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.

    I've never liked the name my parents gave me so I changed it at the age of twenty.

    What's your name? Puddintane. Ask me again and I'll tell you the same.

    Name

    и́мяímja, назва́ниеnazvánije, наименова́ниеnaimenovánije

    ім'я́imʺjá, на́зваnázva, найменува́нняnajmenuvánnja

    a language unit by which a person or thing is known

  2. A reputation.

    Name, Ruf

    и́мяímja, репута́цияreputácija, сла́ваsláva

    репута́ціяreputácija

    a person's reputation

  3. An abusive or insulting epithet.

    Stop calling me names!

    a defamatory or abusive word or phrase

  4. A person (or legal person).

    a well-known or notable person

  5. Those of a certain name; a race; a family.

  6. An authority; a behalf.

    Halt in the name of the law!

    by the sanction or authority of

  7. An identifier, generally a unique string of characters.

  8. (UK)An investor in Lloyd's of London bearing unlimited liability.

  9. Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.

    ямсjams

Examples

8071 sentences

  1. It has my name on it.

    Це явно для мене. — deniko

    ruНа нём моё имя. — sharptoothed

    deEs ist mit meinem Namen gekennzeichnet. — Tamy

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  2. May I have your name, please?

    Можна дізнатися ваше ім'я, будь ласка? — deniko

    deDarf ich bitte Ihren Namen erfahren? — wolfgangth

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  3. I am familiar with your name.

    Твоє ім'я мені знайоме. — deniko

    ruВаше имя мне знакомо. — marafon

    deDein Name ist mir bekannt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. How do you spell your name?

    Як пишеться твоє ім'я? — deniko

    ruКак пишется ваше имя? — Hellerick

    deWie buchstabiert man Ihren Namen? — Kerstin

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  5. Tell me what your name is.

    Скажіть мені ваше ім'я. — shanghainese

    ruСкажи мне, как тебя зовут. — Balamax

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
word or phrase indicating a particular person, place, class or thing:
reputation — see also reputation, fame, renown:
yam:
Русский
By meaning 2
word or phrase indicating a particular person, place, class or thing:
reputation — see also reputation, fame, renown:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
word or phrase indicating a particular person, place, class or thing:
reputation — see also reputation, fame, renown:

Origin

Borrowed from Spanish ñame, substituting n for the unfamiliar Spanish letter ñ. Doublet

Borrowed from Spanish ñame, substituting n for the unfamiliar Spanish letter ñ. Doublet of yam.

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Forms

plural: names

Synonyms

9 synonyms
proper namenomenclaturecush-cushgreater yam
Close in meaning

Word family

149 related words
RelatedanonymousB2aliasappellationcognomennamelynominalpseudonym
Derivedafternamealtnameancestral nameart nameassumed namebad namebaptismal namebasenamebig-namebinary namebinominal namebooknameboy's namebrand nameby namecall-by-namecalling namecall namescaressing namecoined nameconamecourtesy namecover namecybername

Collocations

12 patterns
  • the name of
  • his name was
  • name on the
  • real name
  • last name
  • name of the
  • my name is
  • write your name
  • your name is
  • name and address
  • his real name
  • know his name

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
naivetyC1nakbanakedB1naloxonenamelynamesake
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