From Middle English denominacion, from Old French denominacion, from Latin dēnōminātiō.

• (British) IPA: /dɪˌnɒmɪˈneɪʃən/

denomination

1. (uncountable) The act of naming or designating.
2. (countable) That by which anything is denominated or styled; an epithet; a name, designation, or title; especially, a general name indicating a class of like individuals.
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC ↗, page 46 ↗:

     "Will you allow me to present Sir George Evelyn to you?—the most accomplished coquet that ever 'Dealt destruction round the land On all he judged a foe;' under which denomination he ranks all women."

3. (countable, religion) A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a subdivision of a religion.

   Hyponyms: order, sect

   She follows the Ahmadiyya denomination of Islam.

4. (countable) A unit in a series of units of weight, money, etc.

   What denomination is that money? They are all 50 euro notes.

• denominate

• French: dénomination
• German: Benennung
• Portuguese: denominação
• Russian: называ́ние
• Spanish: denominación

• French: désignation
• German: Bezeichnung
• Portuguese: denominação
• Russian: и́мя
• Spanish: denominación

• German: Konfession (religious denomination)
• Portuguese: denominação
• Russian: деномина́ция
• Spanish: denominación

• German: Stückelung
• Italian: valore nominale, valore facciale (uncommon)
• Portuguese: espécie
• Russian: досто́инство
• Spanish: denominación