Her father had long been a student of onomastics, and loved to unpack the names of people they encountered as children.
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Onomastics
//ˌɒ.nəʊˈmæs.tɪks//
Synonyms for "onomastics" (18 found)
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Closest matches (4)
Strong matches (5)
Related words (9)
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2 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
7 entriesderived
5 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
7 entriesTranslations
56 translations across 36 languages.
Afrikaans
3 entries- naamkunde noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
- onomastiek noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
- onomatologie noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
Albanian
1 entries- onomastikë noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
Armenian
1 entries- հատկանվանաբանություն noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
Basque
1 entries- onomastika noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
Belarusian
1 entries- анама́стыка noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
Bulgarian
1 entries- онома́стика noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
Catalan
1 entries- onomàstica noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 專名學 /专名学 noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
Czech
1 entries- onomastika noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
Dutch
2 entries- naamkunde noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
- onomastiek noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
Esperanto
2 entries- nomscienco noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
- onomastiko noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
Faroese
2 entries- fólkanavnafrøði noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
- navnafrøði noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
Finnish
1 entries- nimistöntutkimus noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
French
1 entries- onomastique noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
Galician
1 entries- onomástica noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
German
4 entries- Bezeichnungslehre noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
- Namenforschung noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
- Namenkunde noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
- Onomasiologie noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
Hungarian
2 entries- névtan noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
- onomasztika noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
Icelandic
1 entries- nafnfræði noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
Ido
1 entries- nomaro noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
Italian
1 entries- onomastica noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
Japanese
1 entries- 固有名詞学 noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
Macedonian
2 entries- ономастика noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
- ономатологија noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
Malay
1 entries- onomastik noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
Mongolian
2 entries- нэрзүй noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
- ᠨᠡᠷᠡ ᠵᠦᠢ noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
Polish
2 entries- nazewnictwo noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
- onomastyka noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
Portuguese
1 entries- onomástica noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
Romanian
2 entries- onomastică noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
- onomatologie noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
Russian
1 entries- онома́стика noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- imenòslōvlje noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
- onomàstika noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
- имено̀сло̄вље noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
- онома̀стика noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
Slovak
1 entries- onomastika noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
Slovene
2 entries- imenoslovje noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
- onomastika noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
Spanish
1 entries- onomástica noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
Swedish
2 entries- namnforskning noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
- onomastik noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
Thai
1 entries- นามศาสตร์ noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
Ukrainian
1 entries- онома́стика noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
Yiddish
1 entries- אָנאָמאַסטיק noun (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
From the point of view of onomastics, proper names fulfill many functions (individualizing, localizing, differentiating etc.).
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