nomenclature

Questions about nomenclature

What does nomenclature mean?

nomenclature means "a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline".

How many syllables are in nomenclature?

nomenclature has 4 syllables: no-men-cla-ture. The stress falls on "no". In IPA it is /ˈnoʊmənˌkleɪtʃɚ/.

What is another word for nomenclature?

Close synonyms include terminology, language. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nomenclature a common word?

nomenclature is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.