nonce word

English

Etymology

From for the nonce and word. Coined by James Murray, the influential editor of the Oxford English Dictionary.

Noun

nonce word (plural nonce words)

(lexicography) A word invented for the occasion.

Synonyms

Hypernyms

protologism

Translations

word invented for the occasion

Czech: okazionalizmus (cs) m, hapax m
Dutch: hapax (nl) m
Estonian: juhusõna, okasionaalsõna
Finnish: keksitty sana
French: mot ad hoc (fr) m, hapax (fr) m
German: Ad-hoc-Bildung (de) f, Ad-hoc-Wortbildung f Augenblicksbildung (de) f, Gelegenheitsbildung (de) f, okkasionelle Bildung f, Okkasionalismus (de) m
Norwegian: engangsord n

Polish: okazjonalizm m
Portuguese: palavra ad hoc f
Russian: окказионали́зм (ru) m (okkazionalízm), га́пакс (ru) m (gápaks)
Spanish: expresión "ad hoc" f, palabro m, hápax (es) m
Swedish: tillfällig ordbildning c, tillfällighetsbildning c
Turkish: özel sözcük

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Spanish: ^{(please verify)} ideíca