namesake

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

homonyme

Synonymes

homonym

doppelganger

photo

person bearing the same surname as

Traductions

Namensvetter

omonimo

tocayo

naamgenoot

homónimo

adaş

xará

homônimo

Namensbruder

tocaya

homónimo

συνώνυμος

συνονόματος

Namensschwester

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈneɪmseɪk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.

Phrases

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

Edwin Link est l'homonyme de Link Hall sur le campus de l'Université de Syracuse.