surname
The portion of a person's name that is generally hereditary or treated as an indicator…The portion of a person's name that is generally hereditary or treated as an indicator of a person's family, which may be shared with other members of the family, or otherwise derived from their names in some fashion; distinguished from that person's given name(s).
» Spaniards have two surnames.
Spanier haben zwei Nachnamen.
У испанцев две фамилии.
У іспанців є два прізвища.
У іспанців два прізвища.
Meaning
4 sensesThe portion of a person's name that is generally hereditary or treated as an indicator of a person's family, which may be shared with other members of the family, or otherwise derived from their names in some fashion; distinguished from that person's given name(s).
James is my first name, and Smith is my surname.
Nachname, Familienname
фами́лияfamílija
прі́звищеprízvyšče
the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name)
(Classical studies)The cognomen of Roman names.
(obsolete)Synonym of epithet, an additional name, particularly those derived from a birthplace, quality, or achievement.
(obsolete)Synonym of nickname, an additional name given to a person, place, or thing, a byname.
Examples
83 sentencesSpaniards have two surnames.
У іспанців є два прізвища.
ruУ испанцев две фамилии.
deSpanier haben zwei Nachnamen.
How is your surname written?
Як пишеться твоє прізвище?
ruКак пишется ваша фамилия?
deWie schreibt sich Ihr Nachname?
How do you spell your surname?
Як пишеться твоє прізвище?
deWie wird Ihr Familienname geschrieben?
Tom didn't tell us his surname.
Том не сказав нам своє прізвище.
His surname is a tongue-twister.
У нього прізвище - язик зламаєш.
deSein Nachname ist ein Zungenbrecher.
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English surname, a partial calque of Old French surnum, surnoun (“suInherited from Middle English surname, a partial calque of Old French surnum, surnoun (“surname; nickname”) (whence Middle English surnoun), from Late Latin supernōmen, suprānōmen (“surname”), from super- (“over, above, beyond”) and nōmen (“name”), equivalent to sur- + name.
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Forms
plural: surnamesSynonyms
8 synonyms- the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name):family namecognomenlast name