cognomen
Meaning of cognomen
noun
an extra personal name given to an ancient Roman citizen, functioning rather like a nickname and typically passed down from father to son, for example Marcus Tullius Cicero.
Latin, from co- ‘together with’ + gnomen, nomen ‘name’.
Information about cognomen
- It is a name.
- The plural form of cognomen is: cognomens.
- Languages in which cognomen is used:
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Hyphenation of cognomen
cog-nomen
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- cognomen is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
cognomen synonyms
Meaning nickname:
nickname, moniker, sobriquet, soubriquet, byname
Meaning surname:
Translation of cognomen
- French: pseudonyme, sobriquet, surnom
- Spanish: apodo, sobrenombre, mote
- Italian: soprannome, nomignolo
Words that rhyme with cognomen
omen, Newcomen, locomen, sincomen, tobaccomen, abdomen, postabdomen, preabdomen, torpedomen, yeomen, dragomen, radiomen, Turkomen, afikomen, turkomen, Meclomen, bolomen, meclomen, Mahnomen, agnomen, binomen, metanomen, nomen, praenomen, prenomen, trinomen, undernomen, repomen, bichromen, bromochromen, carbochromen, carbocromen, chlorocarbochromen, chromen, dichromen, dihydroxychromen, dimethylchromen, hydroxychromen, isochromen, isothiochromen, methanochromen, methoxychromen, methylchromen, nitrochromen, octahydrochromen, oxochromen, phenylchromen, phenyloctahydrochromen, phenylthiochromen, piromen