nomenclature
pronunciation
How to pronounce nomenclature in British English:
UK [nəˈmenklətʃə(r)]
How to pronounce nomenclature in American English:
US [ˈnomənˌkletʃɚ, noˈmɛnklə-]
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- Noun:
- a system of words used in a particular discipline
Word Origin
- nomenclature (n.)
- c. 1600, "a name," from Middle French nomenclature (16c.), from Latin nomenclatura "calling of names," from nomenclator "namer," from nomen "name" (see name (n.)) + calator "caller, crier," from calare "call out" (see claim (v.)). Nomenclator in Rome was the title of a steward whose job was to announce visitors, and also of a prompter who helped a stumping politician recall names and pet causes of his constituents. Meaning "list or catalogue of names" first attested 1630s; that of "system of naming" is from 1660s; sense of "terminology of a science" is from 1789.
Example
- 1. Here we face a problem of nomenclature .
- 2. The nomenclature around time telling has a rich and divergent history .
- 3. Whatever the correct economic nomenclature , authoritarian party control was never abandoned .
- 4. Anyway , this got me thinking of whether the particulars of button nomenclature really matter .
- 5. It quickly became clear that in the case of china , such nomenclature risked being snared by two big traps .