English → Latin
“denomination” in Latin
nōminātiōnaming; nominationappellātiōappeal (to higher authority); name; title, ranknōmenname; short for nomen gentile, nomen, the family name in a Roman name, indicating the person's gens; titlevocābulumword; designation, name, term; expression, vocablerevocōto recall (troops, etc.), to call back; to withdraw; to revive
The English word denomination itself goes back to Latin nōminō, through dēnōminātiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
denomination
nominatio (transitivery and intransitivery): appellatio, nomen, vocabulum (intransitivery): to bring fractions to the same denomination, *fracturas diversorum indicum ad alias ejusdem potestatis, sed eundem indicem, or idem nomen habentes, revocare. ☞ Denominatio as rhetorical technical term, is “metonymy.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for denomination?
- The usual Latin words for “denomination” are nōminātiō, appellātiō, nōmen; also vocābulum, revocō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.