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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : noh-muh n-kley-cher, noh-men-kluh-cher, -choo r |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈnoʊ mənˌkleɪ tʃər, noʊˈmɛn klə tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər |
Définition of nomenclature
Origin :- c.1600, "a name," from Middle French nomenclature (16c.), from Latin nomenclatura "calling of names," from nomenclator "namer," from nomen "name" (see name (n.)) + calator "caller, crier," from calare "call out" (see claim (v.)).
- Nomenclator in Rome was the title of a steward whose job was to announce visitors, and also of a prompter who helped a stumping politician recall names and pet causes of his constituents. Meaning "list or catalogue of names" first attested 1630s; that of "system of naming" is from 1660s; sense of "terminology of a science" is from 1789.
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- The nomenclature of Hegel has been made by himself out of the language of common life.
- Extract from : « Sophist » by Plato
- "It was more a change of nomenclature," replied his dragoman.
- Extract from : « Another Sheaf » by John Galsworthy
- But I do not choose to assume this identity in my nomenclature.
- Extract from : « Proserpina, Volume 1 » by John Ruskin
- Let us now compare the nomenclature of the pre-Persian and Periclean temples.
- Extract from : « The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 » by Various
- Its efforts at "national" nomenclature were fortunately in most cases abortive.
- Extract from : « The Story of Rouen » by Sir Theodore Andrea Cook
- You will wonder at this mélange of French and English in the nomenclature of streets.
- Extract from : « The Quadroon » by Mayne Reid
- The nomenclature of plants starts with his "Species Plantarum," 1753.
- Extract from : « The Apple-Tree » by L. H. Bailey
- A curious feature in nomenclature is the local character of some nicknames.
- Extract from : « The Romance of Words (4th ed.) » by Ernest Weekley
- It is clear, however, that the nomenclature of the instruments is erroneous.
- Extract from : « The Violin » by George Hart
- Now I would ask, why could these naturalists not let the nomenclature of the boors alone?
- Extract from : « The Bush Boys » by Captain Mayne Reid
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