nomination

From Middle English nominacion, nomination, from Middle French nominacion and its etymon Latin nōminātiō, from the verb nōminō (“to name; to nominate”).^[1] By surface analysis, nominate +‎ -ion.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌnɑmɪˈneɪʃən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌnɒmɪˈneɪʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Hyphenation: nom‧i‧na‧tion

nomination (countable and uncountable, plural nominations)

1. An act or instance of nominating.

   Her nomination for the award came as a pleasant surprise.

   The committee announced his nomination for the position of president.

   After the nomination, he was required to accept or decline the offer.

2. (more common) The result of such a nomination act.
3. A device or means by which a person or thing is nominated. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

• nominate
• denomination

• nomination on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

nomination c (singular definite nominationen, plural indefinite nominationer)

1. nomination

• “nomination” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from Latin nominātiōnem.

• IPA^(key): /nɔ.mi.na.sjɔ̃/

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nomination f (plural nominations)

1. nomination
   • 2015 September 22, “Nicolas Sarkozy place son bras droit Frédéric Péchenard à la fédération LR de Paris”, in Le Monde‎^[1]:

     La nomination de M. Péchenard – qui cumulera les fonctions de directeur général de LR et de secrétaire départemental – illustre la volonté de M. Sarkozy de mettre la main sur la fédération de Paris, jugée trop filloniste à son goût.

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• nominer
• nommer

• “nomination”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.