different between titular vs namesake

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French titulaire, from Latin titul?ris, from titulus (“title”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t?tj?l?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?t?t??l?/

Adjective

titular (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to, being, derived from, or having a title.
2. Existing in name only; nominal.
3. Named or referred to in the title.

Translations

Derived terms

• titularly

Noun

titular (plural titulars)

1. One who holds a title.
2. The person from whom a church takes its special name; distinguished from a patron, who must be canonized or an angel.

Translations

See also

• eponym
• eponymous

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ti.tu?la/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ti.tu?la?/
• Homophone: titulà

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin titul?ris.

Adjective

titular (masculine and feminine plural titulars)

1. titular

Noun

titular m (plural titulars)

1. titular

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Late Latin titul?re, present active infinitive of titul?.

Verb

titular (first-person singular present titulo, past participle titulat)

1. (transitive) to title, entitle

Conjugation

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From título +? -ar, or borrowed from Late Latin titul?ris.

Adjective

titular m or f (plural titulares, comparable)

1. titular, titled

Noun

titular m, f (plural titulares)

1. holder, bearer (of a title, etc.)
2. (sports) starter (a player who plays from the start a game)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Late Latin titul?re, present active infinitive of titul?.

Verb

titular (first-person singular present indicative titulo, past participle titulado)

1. to title
2. (chemistry) to titrate
3. first-person singular (eu) personal infinitive of titular
4. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) personal infinitive of titular
5. first-person singular (eu) future subjunctive of titular
6. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) future subjunctive of titular

Conjugation

Derived terms

• titulação

Further reading

• “titular” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
• “titular” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2021.
• “titular” in Dicionário inFormal.

Romanian

Etymology

From French titulaire.

Noun

titular m (plural titulari)

1. holder

Declension

Spanish

Etymology 1

From título +? -ar, or borrowed from Late Latin titul?ris.

Adjective

titular (plural titulares)

1. titular

Noun

titular m (plural titulares)

1. headline

Noun

titular m or f (plural titulares)

1. holder (of a position)
2. owner (of a position)
3. (sports) starter (a player who plays from the start a game)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Late Latin titul?re, present active infinitive of titul?. Doublet of tildar.

Verb

titular (first-person singular present titulo, first-person singular preterite titulé, past participle titulado)

1. (transitive) to entitle
2. (transitive) to title
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Conjugation

Derived terms

• autotitularse

Related terms

• intitular

Further reading

• “titular” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

name +? sake. From the phrase "(one's) name's sake"; first recorded in the mid-seventeenth century.

Pronunciation

• enPR: n?m?s?k, IPA^(key): /?ne?mse?k/

Noun

namesake (plural namesakes)

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

   Synonym: 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

Verb

namesake (third-person singular simple present namesakes, present participle namesaking, simple past and past participle namesaked)

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