namesake

Significado (Inglês)

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.

Conceitos

homônimo

xará

homónimo

tocaio

Sinônimos

homonym

doppelganger

photo

person bearing the same surname as

Traduções

homonyme

Namensvetter

tocayo

omonimo

naamgenoot

homónimo

adaş

Namensbruder

tocaya

Namensschwester

συνονόματος

συνώνυμος

homònim

ομώνυμος

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈneɪmseɪk/

Etimologia (Inglês)

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.

Frases

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

Edwin Link é o homônimo do Link Hall, no campus da Universidade de Syracuse.