Chinese

Noun

命名法

1. nomenclature

Japanese

Etymology

Compound of 命名 ‎(meimei, “denomination, naming”) +‎ 法 ‎(hō, “law, rule, convention”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Kan'on
• IPA^(key): [me̞ːme̞ːho̞ː]

Noun

命名法 ‎(hiragana めいめいほう, romaji meimeihō, historical hiragana めいめいはふ)

1. nomenclature: a convention for categorizing and naming things

Usage notes

The sense of nomenclature of “a set of names or terms” is expressed by the Japanese words 用語 ‎(yōgo, “term, terminology”), 用語集 ‎(yōgoshū, literally “term collection”), 専門語 ‎(senmongo, “specialist or technical term”), 学名 ‎(gakumei, “scientific or technical name”), 名称集 ‎(meishōshū, literally “name or label collection”).

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

Korean

Noun

命名法 • ‎(myeongmyeongbeop) ‎(hangeul 명명법)

1. Hanja form^? of 명명법, “nomenclature”.