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nomen agentis

nomen agentis noun: agent noun.

Noun

nomen agentis (plural nomina agentis or nomina agentium)

  1. agent noun

Forms of nomen agentis

pluralnomina agentis
pluralnomina agentium

Origin of nomen agentis

Learned borrowing from Latin nōmen agentis.

Questions about nomen agentis

What does nomen agentis mean?
Nomen agentis means agent noun.
What part of speech is nomen agentis?
Nomen agentis is a noun.
What is the plural of nomen agentis?
The plural of nomen agentis is nomina agentis.

Words near nomen agentis in the dictionary

  1. Nomelaki
  2. nomen
  3. nomen abstractum
  4. nomen acti
  5. nomen actionis
  6. nomen agentis
  7. nomen ambiguum
  8. nomen appellativum
  9. nomen concretum
  10. nomen confusum
  11. nomen correctum

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