How to pronounce onomastics
American English pronunciation
on-uh-MAS-tiks
- IPA
- /ˌɑnəˈmæstɪks/
- Syllables
- on · uh · MAS · tiks (4 syllables, stress on the 3rd)
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What onomastics means
The study of names and where they come from
In a sentence: Onomastics taught Priya that her name means "beloved" in Sanskrit.
Where it comes from: It comes from a Greek word meaning having to do with naming, from the Greek word for a name. The word was first seen in 1936.
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