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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2 Translations 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Adjective 2.4 Noun 3 Portuguese 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Adjective 4 Romanian 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Pronunciation 4.3 Adjective 4.3.1 Declension

[ English

Wikipedia

[ Etymology

From the Middle English nominalle "of nouns" < Latin nōminālis "of names" < nōmen "name".

[ Adjective

nominal (not comparable)

1. Of, resembling, relating to, or consisting of a name or names.
2. Assigned to or bearing a person's name.
3. Existing in name only.
4. (philosophy) Of or relating to nominalism.
5. Insignificantly small; trifling.

   He gave me only a nominal sum for my services.

6. Of or relating to the presumed or approximate value, rather than the actual value.

   The nominal voltage is 1.5 V, but the actual figure is usually higher.

7. (business) Of, relating to, or being the amount or face value of a sum of money or a stock certificate, for example, and not the purchasing power or market value.
8. (business) Of, relating to, or being the rate of interest or return without adjustment for compounding or inflation.
9. (grammar) Of or relating to a noun or word group that functions as a noun.

   This sentence contains a nominal phrase.

10. (engineering) According to plan or design.

    We'll just do a nominal flight check.

11. (economics) Without adjustment to remove the effects of inflation; contrasted with real.

    My employer does not understand how low my nominal wage is.

    The nominal GNP of this polity is pretty low.

12. (statistics) Of a variable: having values whose order is insignificant.

[ Derived terms

• nominal fee
• nominally adv

[ Translations

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[ French

[ Etymology

Latin nominalis

[ Pronunciation

IPA: /nɔ.mi.nal/

[ Adjective

nominal m. (f. nominale, m. plural nominaux, f. plural nominales)

1. nominal

[ Noun

nominal m. (plural nominaux)

1. nominal

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[ Portuguese

[ Etymology

Latin nominalis

[ Adjective

nominal m. and f. (plural nominais)

1. nominal

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[ Romanian

[ Etymology

Latin nominalis

[ Pronunciation

IPA: [nomiˈnal]

[ Adjective

nominal ^{4 nom/acc forms}

1. nominal

[ Declension