nominative
adjEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Italic *nōmn̥ Latin nōmen Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin nōminō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Ancient Greek ὀνομᾰστῐκή (onomăstĭkḗ)calq. Latin nōminātīvusder. Old French nominatifbor. ▲ Latin nōminātīvusbor. Middle English nominatyf English nominative From Middle English nominatyf, either via Old French nominatif or directly from Latin nōminātīvus (“pertaining to naming, nominative”).
- derived from nōminātīvus
- derived from nominatif
- inherited from nominatyf
Definitions
Giving a name
Giving a name; naming; designating.
- nominative fair use
Being in that case or form of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb.
Making a selection or nomination
Making a selection or nomination; choosing.
- To Duchamp, an artist's nominative act—the declaration itself regardless of the object—was itself the art. He could choose anything indifferent to, or even in spite of, its aesthetic merits.
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The nominative case.
A noun in the nominative case.
The neighborhood
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA