WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
-nom-1 ,root.
-nom-2 ,root.
nom., an abbreviation of:
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Grammar-nom- comes from Greek, where it has the meaning "custom;
law;
manage;
control.'' This meaning is found in such words as: agronomy, anomalous, anomaly, astronomy, autonomous, autonomy, economy, gastronomy, taxonomy.
-nom-2 ,root.
- Grammar-nom- comes from Latin and from Greek, where it has the meaning "name.'' This meaning is found in such words as: binomial, denomination, ignominy, misnomer, nomenclature, nominal, nominate, nomination, nominative, noun, onomatopoeia, polynomial, pronoun.
nom., an abbreviation of:
- Grammarnominative.
nom.,
- Grammarnominative.
'Nom.' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
-fex
- African
- Brahma
- Druid
- Greek
- I, i
- Jesus
- Jove
- Nom. Cap.
- alias
- anomia
- anomite
- antipodes
- appendix
- art
- auspex
- autonomous
- biga
- bison
- brewis
- buttress
- cohort
- comes
- des
- en
- federate
- fell
- felon
- fierce
- hanuman
- haruspex
- he
- hippocras
- horizon
- incus
- index
- it
- jess
- karma
- lat
- lophobranch
- mahatma
- manciple
- nom de guerre
- nom de plume
- nomarch
- nominal damages
- nominalism
- nominalize
- pen name