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Meaning of cognomen | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
[kɔŋˈnoː.mɛn]

Definitions

  1. surname
    declension-3
  2. third part of a formal name
    declension-3
  3. an additional name derived from some characteristic; a nickname, moniker
    declension-3

Equivalents

Български презиме пря́кор
Bosanski презиме
Deutsch Cognomen Kognomen Nachname
Ελληνικά επίθετο επώνυμο παρανόμι παρατσούκλι παρωνύμιο
English Cognomen surname
Español cognomen
Suomi perhenimi
Français cognomen sobriquet
Gaeilge forainm
Hrvatski презиме
Italiano cognome soprannome
Македонски презиме прекар
Polski nazwisko rodowe
Русский когномен фамилия
Српски презиме
ไทย ฉายา

Examples

“Est locus, Hesperiam Grāī cognōmine dīcunt, ….”

“There is a place, the Greeks call [it] by the name Hesperia [i.e., Italy], ….”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

cognomenta cognomenti cognomentis cognomento cognomentorum cognomentum

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