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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
English Cognomen
Español cognomen
Français cognomen
Gaeilge forainm
Hrvatski презиме
Italiano cognome soprannome
Македонски презиме прекар
Русский фамилия
Српски презиме

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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