nominal

symbolique, minime

Très faible par rapport au coût ou à la valeur réelle de quelque chose.

En anglais simple : Very small compared with the real cost or value of something.

• We charge a nominal fee.
• They let us use the room for a nominal rent.
• Visitors pay only a nominal amount to enter the garden.

Synonymes : token, minimal, small

Contraires : substantial

Expressions courantes : nominal fee, nominal charge, nominal rent

nominal

Se dit d’un prix, salaire ou montant sans correction pour les changements du pouvoir d’achat de l’argent.

En anglais simple : Describing a price, wage, or amount before allowing for changes in what money can buy.

• Nominal wages rose this year.
• Inflation reduced the value of their nominal pay increase.
• The report compares real and nominal interest rates.

Synonymes : unadjusted

Contraires : real

Expressions courantes : nominal wages, nominal growth, nominal interest rate

nominal, de nom

Qui possède officiellement un titre ou un statut, sans en avoir réellement le pouvoir ou les effets habituels.

En anglais simple : Having a title or status officially, but without its usual power or effect in practice.

• He was the nominal leader.
• The island had nominal independence but little control over its affairs.
• Her nominal authority did not influence the team's decisions.

Synonymes : titular, in name only

Contraires : actual, real

Expressions courantes : nominal leader, nominal independence, nominal authority, nominal control

nominal

Se dit de la valeur annoncée ou prévue de quelque chose, qui peut différer de la valeur mesurée.

En anglais simple : Describing the stated or expected value of something, which may differ from its measured value.

• The battery's nominal voltage is twelve volts.
• Its actual diameter differs slightly from the nominal size.
• We measured the output and compared it with the nominal value.

Synonymes : stated, rated

Contraires : actual

Expressions courantes : nominal voltage, nominal diameter, nominal capacity

nominal

Qui concerne un nom ou un groupe de mots employé comme un nom.

En anglais simple : Connected with a noun or a group of words used as a noun.

• The teacher explained nominal clauses.
• This language uses special endings on nominal forms.
• We compared verbal and nominal structures in the text.

Expressions courantes : nominal phrase, nominal form, nominal clause

noyau nominal

Nom ou groupe de mots qui constitue la partie principale d’un groupe nominal.

En anglais simple : A noun or group of words that forms the main part of a noun phrase.

• The nominal follows the determiner.
• Students identified the nominals in each sentence.
• This nominal contains a noun and two modifiers.

Expressions courantes : complex nominal, nominal head, a nominal

nominal

Mot ou expression qui possède certaines caractéristiques grammaticales d’un nom.

En anglais simple : A word or phrase that has some of the grammatical features of a noun.

• This word is classified as a nominal.
• In this language, nominals can take case endings.
• The chapter compares nominals with other word classes.

Expressions courantes : inflected nominal, nominal category, a nominal

nombre nominal

Nombre utilisé pour identifier quelque chose, plutôt que pour indiquer une quantité ou un rang.

En anglais simple : A number used to identify something, rather than to show an amount or position.

• The number on a player's shirt is a nominal.
• These nominals identify records rather than count them.
• The system uses each character code as a nominal.

Synonymes : identifier, numeric code

Expressions courantes : numeric nominal, a nominal, nominal identifier