Please could you write your forename in the space provided.
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Forename
//ˈfɔːneɪm//
Synonyms for "forename" (8 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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Noun(2 words)
Related words (4)
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38 translations across 29 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- անձնանուն noun (name that precedes the surname)
- անուն noun (name that precedes the surname)
Bashkir
1 entries- исем noun (name that precedes the surname)
Breton
1 entries- kentanv noun (name that precedes the surname)
Bulgarian
1 entries- собствено име noun (name that precedes the surname)
Catalan
2 entries- nom noun (name that precedes the surname)
- prenom noun (name that precedes the surname)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 名字 noun (name that precedes the surname)
Czech
1 entries- křestní jméno noun (name that precedes the surname)
Danish
1 entries- fornavn noun (name that precedes the surname)
Dutch
1 entries- voornaam noun (name that precedes the surname)
Finnish
1 entries- etunimi noun (name that precedes the surname)
French
2 entries- nom de baptême noun (name that precedes the surname)
- prénom noun (name that precedes the surname)
Georgian
1 entries- სახელი noun (name that precedes the surname)
German
1 entries- Vorname noun (name that precedes the surname)
Hungarian
1 entries- utónév noun (name that precedes the surname)
Japanese
1 entries- 名前 noun (name that precedes the surname)
Korean
1 entries- 이름 noun (name that precedes the surname)
Latin
1 entries- praenomen noun (name that precedes the surname)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Virnumm noun (name that precedes the surname)
Macedonian
1 entries- лично име noun (name that precedes the surname)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- fornavn noun (name that precedes the surname)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- fornamn noun (name that precedes the surname)
- førenamn noun (name that precedes the surname)
Polish
1 entries- imię noun (name that precedes the surname)
Portuguese
2 entries- nome noun (name that precedes the surname)
- prenome noun (name that precedes the surname)
Russian
1 entries- и́мя noun (name that precedes the surname)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- ainm-baistidh noun (name that precedes the surname)
Spanish
3 entries- nombre noun (name that precedes the surname)
- nombre de pila noun (name that precedes the surname)
- nombre propio noun (name that precedes the surname)
Swedish
1 entries- förnamn noun (name that precedes the surname)
Vietnamese
3 entries- tên noun (name that precedes the surname)
- tên gọi noun (name that precedes the surname)
- tên thánh noun (name that precedes the surname)
Volapük
1 entries- pösodanem noun (name that precedes the surname)
Sample sentences
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In French, a forename is sometimes joined to a surname by a hyphen.
Source: tatoeba (11863246)
He forenamed him Ishmael, and assigns as a reason, his own attention to her present distress.
Source: wiktionary
It may be noted that Le Verrier subsequently suggested another ad hoc hypothesis , namely , that the irregularities in the orbit of Mercury were due to an interior planet, which he forenamed Vulcan.
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