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We loved being in Russia and would love to go back again, especially to visit my namesake.
Eric Roberts

Meaning of "namesake" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD NAMESAKE

Probably a shortening of the phrase describing people connected for the name's sake.
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PRONUNCIATION OF NAMESAKE

namesake  [ˈneɪmˌseɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NAMESAKE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Namesake is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES NAMESAKE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Namesake

Namesake is a term used to characterize a person, place, thing, quality, action, state, or idea that has the same, or a similar, name to another - especially if the person or thing is actually named after, rather than merely sharing the name of another. For example, if a person, place, or thing has the same name as another - especially if they are named after another person, place, or thing, then the name target is said to be the namesake of the name source. The earliest use reported in the Oxford English Dictionary was in 1635. Dictionaries suggest that the word probably comes from "name's sake", "for one's name sake", for "name sake".

Definition of namesake in the English dictionary

The definition of namesake in the dictionary is a person or thing named after another. Other definition of namesake is a person or thing with the same name as another.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NAMESAKE


Blake
bleɪk
brake
breɪk
break
breɪk
cake
keɪk
Chrissake
ˈkraɪˌseɪk
drake
dreɪk
fake
feɪk
forsake
fəˈseɪk
jake
dʒeɪk
keepsake
ˈkiːpˌseɪk
lake
leɪk
make
meɪk
mistake
mɪˈsteɪk
saic
seɪk
saick
seɪk
saique
seɪk
sake
seɪk
shake
ʃeɪk
take
teɪk
wake
weɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NAMESAKE

name names
name of the game
name part
name the day
name-calling
name-drop
name-dropper
name-dropping
nameable
namecheck
nameless
namelessly
namelessness
namely
Namen
nameplate
namer
nametag
nametape
nameworthy

WORDS THAT END LIKE NAMESAKE

awake
bake
birthday cake
bukkake
cheesecake
cupcake
devil´s food cake
earthquake
intake
pancake
pound cake
quake
rake
Red Deer Lake
remake
salt lake
stake
Timberlake
undertake
uptake

Synonyms and antonyms of namesake in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «namesake» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NAMESAKE

Find out the translation of namesake to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of namesake from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «namesake» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

同名
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tocayo
570 millions of speakers

English

namesake
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हमनाम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تحمل الاسم نفسه
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тезка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

xará
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মিতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

homonyme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Senama
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Namensvetter
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

同名の人
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

이름이 같은 사람
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Namesake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vật trùng tên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெயரளவில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नामदेव
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

adaş
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

omonimo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

imiennik
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тезка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

omonim
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συνονόματος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

naamgenoot
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

namne
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

navnebror
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of namesake

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NAMESAKE»

The term «namesake» is quite widely used and occupies the 38.314 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NAMESAKE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «namesake» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «namesake» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about namesake

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2 QUOTES WITH «NAMESAKE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word namesake.
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Suzy Menkes
Fledgling designers need investment - but how much easier it is to put them in a dead man or woman's shoes, perhaps also backing the new designer's namesake line, but only as what the French call a 'danseuse,' a plaything.
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Eric Roberts
We loved being in Russia and would love to go back again, especially to visit my namesake.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NAMESAKE»

Discover the use of namesake in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to namesake and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Namesake: A Novel
The New York Times has praised Lahiri as "a writer of uncommon elegance and poise." The Namesake is a fine-tuned, intimate, and deeply felt novel of identity.
Jhumpa Lahiri, 2004
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The Namesake
An incisive portrait of the immigrant experience follows the Ganguli family from their traditional life in India through their arrival in Massachusetts in the late 1960s and their difficult melding into an American way of life, in a debut ...
Jhumpa Lahiri, 2003
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The Namesake
An incisive portrait of the immigrant experience follows the Ganguli family from their traditional life in India through their arrival in Massachusetts in the late 1960s and their difficult melding into an American way of life, in a debut ...
Jhumpa Lahiri, 2003
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Namesake
Because in Vicki, Eric and his packmates have something much more precious than a rare queen...they have a woman to love forever.Reader Advisory: This book features totally hot scenes of foursomes and fivesomes, during which Vicki ...
Marie Harte, 2010
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The Namesake
Evan, a high school senior enraged and depressed after his father's suicide, is given the key to his father's old trunk and discovers that it contains secrets about the small town and who his father really was.
Steven Parlato, 2013
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The Namesake: A Commissario Alec Blume Novel
This is Blume’s chance to lure the arrogant mafiosi out of their hiding place. As a personal friend of Judge Arconti, however, Blume is too close to the case to formally investigate.
Conor Fitzgerald, 2012
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The Namesake: A Portrait of the Film
This quietly beautiful family portrait "deftly expands on Lahiri's signature themes of love, solitude, and cultural disorientation" ("Harper's Bazaar"), the very themes that made her collection of stories an international bestseller.
Mira Nair, 2006
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A crown for Henrietta Maria: Maryland's namesake queen
A biography of the French princess who became Queen of England when she married King Charles I in 1625 and for whom the state of Maryland is named.
Frances Copeland Stickles, 1988
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Namesake
All Jane did was read aloud from an old book, but now she's face to face with her history project: Tudor England's Lady Jane Grey.
Sue Macleod, 2013
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The Namesake - A Psychoanalytical Interpretation
As the novel is said to portray ..". conflicts that ... haunt Gogol on his own winding path through divided loyalties, comic detours, and wrenching love affairs" (Lahiri reverse of the novel), we should thus be allowed to ask what conflicts ...
Jens Pfundstein, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NAMESAKE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term namesake is used in the context of the following news items.
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Cambridge's Leila Walker, 10, matches illustrious namesake with …
Cambridge youngster Leila Walker followed in the footsteps of Kiwi BMX star Sarah Walker by winning her third consecutive world ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
2
Paul Bartolotta OUT at His Namesake Las Vegas Restaurant, Mark …
James Beard Foundation Best Chef: Southwest winner in 2009 Paul Bartolotta is leaving his namesake restaurant at the resort and Botero ... «Eater, Jul 15»
3
Wheat pioneer David Fife, causeway namesake James Gifford and …
The first induction ceremony for the newly established Peterborough County Agricultural Wall of Fame is being held at Lang Pioneer Village on ... «Kawartha Media Group, Jul 15»
4
Band Tells Story of its Namesake With 'The Life and Death of …
Longface, a Chicago-based rock band, is starting an East Coast tour in tandem with the release of their debut album: "The Life and Times of ... «DNAinfo, Jul 15»
5
Shakespeare's Hotspur Would Be Proud to See His Namesake
Last season our local Spurs pub, The Greyhound Bar, had to turn away scores of "Yids and Yidettes" when over 200 supporters were already ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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Instagram 'sorry' after man's account is deleted to give to namesake
WHAT would you do if your Instagram account was deleted and given to a celebrity? Well that's what happened to doting father Andres Iniesta. «Daily Star, Jul 15»
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Bunce and Bunce: America's Puppy meets his namesake
WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- Many of you may have already met the latest addition to the WUSA9 news team. Bunce is a military service dog in ... «W*USA 9, Jul 15»
8
KENT: Program to explore history of Warner Robins namesake
Evelyn Merk, a longtime resident of Warner Robins who has as a personal interest in the city's namesake, Augustine Warner Robins, will ... «Macon Telegraph, Jul 15»
9
Morning Scan: Dodd, Frank Assess Namesake Law; Bidding Wars …
Receiving Wide Coverage ... Dodd-Frank, Five Years Later: On the five-year anniversary of Dodd-Frank, Barney Frank and Christopher Dodd ... «American Banker, Jul 15»
10
Whitchurch namesake towns in sporting event – News
People from 11 towns, villages and suburbs all called Whitchurch, have gathered in Whitchurch, Hampshire, for the Worldwide Whitchurch Weekend. «Observer News, Jul 15»

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