namesake

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Pronunciation

• enPR: nāmʹsāk, IPA: /ˈneɪmseɪk/

Noun

namesake (plural namesakes)

1. (originally) One who is named after another or for whom another is named.

   Synonyms: eponym

2. (by extension) A ship or a building that is named after someone or something.
3. A person with the same name as another.

Translations

• French: homonyme
• German: Namensvetter, Namensvetterin, Namenscousin, Namenscousine, Namenskusine
• Italian: omonimo
• Portuguese: tocaio, homónimo (Portugal), homônimo (Brazil), xará (Brazil)
• Russian: тёзка
• Spanish: tocayo, tocaya, homónimo, homónima, colombroño

Verb

namesake (namesakes, present participle namesaking; past and past participle namesaked)

1. (transitive) To name (somebody) after somebody else.

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