15,000 words and phrases from more than 50 languages and their

221 nomen
nobilitas sola est atque unica virtus [L], virtue is the true and only
nobility: Juvenal.
nobilitatis virtus non stemma character [L], virtue, not pedigree, is
the distinguishing mark of true nobility.
noblesse [Fr], nobility; rank; the nobility. —noblesse oblige, rank imposes
obligations.
nocet empta dolore voluptas [L], pleasures bought by pain are injurious:
Horace.
Nochebuena [Sp], Christmas Eve.
nocte [L], at night: abbr. n.
Noël [Fr], Christmas; yuletide.
no es para tanto [Sp], it does not matter; it isn't important.
¿no es verdad? [Sp], isn't it true? isn't it so?
noeud [Fr], a bow; knot. —noeud d'amour, love knot; true lover's knot.
nogada [Am Sp], pecan candy: southern Texas.
no hay cerradura donde es oro la ganzúa [Sp], there is no lock where
gold is the picklock; a golden key will open any door.
no hay pariente pobre [Sp], a poor relation has no existence: Cervantes.
no hay pero que valga [Sp], there are no buts that are worthwhile.
no hay que mentar la soga en casa del ahorcado [Sp], one must not
talk about rope in the household of a person who has been hanged.
noir [Fr; fern, noire], black.
noisette [Fr], hazelnut.
noix [Fr; pi. noix], lit., walnut; a small lymphatic gland near the shoulder,
as of a calf {noix de veau)', cookery.
nolens volens [L], unwilling (or) willing; willy-nilly; perforce.
noli irritare leones [L], do not stir up the lions.
noli me tangere [L], touch me not: Vulgate (John xx. 17).
nolle prosequi [L], lit., to be unwilling to prosecute; an entry on the
court record, denoting discontinuance or stay of proceedings, either
wholly or in part (abbr. noi. pros.): law.
nolo contendere [L], lit., I do not wish to contest; in criminal cases, a
plea by the defendant equivalent to that of "guilty" but without
admitting guilt: hw.
nolo espiscopari [L], I do not wish to be made a bishop: a phrase
expressing refusal of a responsible office, esp. the royal offer of a
bishopric.
nom [Fr], name. —nom de demoiselle, maiden name. —nom de famille,
family name; surname. —nom de guerre, lit., war name; assumed
name; pseudonym. —nom de plume [pseudo-French], pen name.
—nom de théâtre, stage name. —nom emprunté, lit., borrowed name;
assumed name.
nomen [L; pi. nomina], name. —nomen atque omen, a name and also
an omen: Plautus. —nomen genericum, a generic name. —nomen