cognomento
Spanish, noun[koɣ̞noˈmẽn̪t̪o]
cognomento is spelled C-O-G-N-O-M-E-N-T-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 72 million words in written Spanish, the 295,201st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cognomento is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “honorific name” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Renombre que adquiere una persona por causa de sus virtudes o defectos, o un pueblo por notables…”.
What does cognomento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehonorific name
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Renombre que adquiere una persona por causa de sus virtudes o defectos, o un pueblo por notables circunstancias o acaecimientos; como Alejandro "Magno", Dionisio "El Tirano", "La Imperial" Toledo.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cognomento
- cognomentos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cognomento?
- [koɣ̞noˈmẽn̪t̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cognomento in Spanish?
cognomento appears about once in every 72 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).