namesake

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. An entity that lends its name to another entity.
2. An entity that lends its name to another entity.
3. An entity that lends its name to another entity.
4. An entity that lends its name to another entity.
5. (broadly) Something (especially a ship, a building, or a medical condition, symptom, or sign) that is named after someone or something.

Verb

To name (somebody) after somebody else.

Conceptos

tocayo

homónimo

tocaya

colombroño

homónima

Sinónimos

homonym

doppelganger

photo

person bearing the same surname as

Traducciones

homonyme

Namensvetter

omonimo

naamgenoot

adaş

xará

homônimo

Namensbruder

συνώνυμος

homónimo

συνονόματος

Namensschwester

homònim

ομώνυμος

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈneɪmseɪk/

Etimología (Inglés)

Mid-17th century. Equivalent to name + sake. From the phrase “for (one's) name's sake”, first found in Bible translations as a rendering of a Hebrew [Term?] idiom meaning “to protect one's reputation” or possibly “vouched for by one's reputation”. A familiar example is in Psalm 23:3.

Oraciones

Edwin Link is the namesake of Link Hall on the campus of Syracuse University .

Edwin Link es el homónimo de Link Hall en el campus de la Universidad de Syracuse.