nominative

Etymology

From Middle English nominatyf, either via Old French nominatif or directly from Latin nōminatīvus (“pertaining to naming, nominative”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnɒmɪnətɪv/

Adjective

nominative (not comparable)

1. (grammar) Giving a name; naming; designating; — said of that case or form of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb.
2. Making a selection or nomination; choosing.
   • 2014, Eva Diaz, The Experimenters: Chance and Design at Black Mountain College

     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.

Noun

nominative (plural nominatives)

1. The nominative case.
2. A noun in the nominative case.

Adjective

nominative

1. feminine singular of nominatif

Adjective

nominative

1. feminine plural of nominativo

Anagrams

• inventiamo

Adjective

nōminātīve

1. vocative masculine singular of nōminātīvus

References

• nominative in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌnominaˈtive/

Adjective

nominative

1. feminine plural nominative of nominativ
2. feminine plural accusative of nominativ
3. neuter plural nominative of nominativ
4. neuter plural accusative of nominativ

Noun

nominative n pl

1. plural of nominativ