Meaning and origin of phrases. 2013.
(a) rose by any other name would smell as sweet — a ˌrose by any other ˌname would smell as ˈsweet idiom (saying) what is important is what people or things are, not what they are called Main entry: ↑roseidiom … Useful english dictionary
what's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet — Meaning Origin From Shakespeare s Romeo and Juliet … Meaning and origin of phrases
name — n Name, designation, denomination, appellation, title, style mean the word or combination of words by which something is called and by means of which it can be distinguished or identified. Name is so general that it can be used of any such word… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Name — (n[=a]m), n. [AS. nama; akin to D. naam, OS. & OHG. namo, G. name, Icel. nafn, for namn, Dan. navn, Sw. namn, Goth. nam[=o], L. nomen (perh. influenced by noscere, gnoscere, to learn to know), Gr. o mona, Scr. n[=a]man. [root]267. Cf. {Anonymous} … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Name plate — Name Name (n[=a]m), n. [AS. nama; akin to D. naam, OS. & OHG. namo, G. name, Icel. nafn, for namn, Dan. navn, Sw. namn, Goth. nam[=o], L. nomen (perh. influenced by noscere, gnoscere, to learn to know), Gr. o mona, Scr. n[=a]man. [root]267. Cf.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
rose — 1. rose [ roz ] n. f. • v. 1140; lat. rosa A ♦ 1 ♦ Fleur du rosier, d une odeur suave, ornementale, dont le type primitif est d un rouge très pâle. Roses rouges, blanches, jaunes; roses( )thé, d un jaune pâle rosé. Roses de Provins, de Bulgarie.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
rosé — 1. rose [ roz ] n. f. • v. 1140; lat. rosa A ♦ 1 ♦ Fleur du rosier, d une odeur suave, ornementale, dont le type primitif est d un rouge très pâle. Roses rouges, blanches, jaunes; roses( )thé, d un jaune pâle rosé. Roses de Provins, de Bulgarie.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Christian name — Name Name (n[=a]m), n. [AS. nama; akin to D. naam, OS. & OHG. namo, G. name, Icel. nafn, for namn, Dan. navn, Sw. namn, Goth. nam[=o], L. nomen (perh. influenced by noscere, gnoscere, to learn to know), Gr. o mona, Scr. n[=a]man. [root]267. Cf.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
first name — Name Name (n[=a]m), n. [AS. nama; akin to D. naam, OS. & OHG. namo, G. name, Icel. nafn, for namn, Dan. navn, Sw. namn, Goth. nam[=o], L. nomen (perh. influenced by noscere, gnoscere, to learn to know), Gr. o mona, Scr. n[=a]man. [root]267. Cf.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Given name — Name Name (n[=a]m), n. [AS. nama; akin to D. naam, OS. & OHG. namo, G. name, Icel. nafn, for namn, Dan. navn, Sw. namn, Goth. nam[=o], L. nomen (perh. influenced by noscere, gnoscere, to learn to know), Gr. o mona, Scr. n[=a]man. [root]267. Cf.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
