正せい式しき名めい称しょう

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Common word

Meanings

noun

official name; formal name

Refers to the legally or officially recognized name of an organization, document, product, etc., as opposed to a nickname or abbreviation.

この書しょ類るいには正せい式しき名めい称しょうを記き入にゅうしてください。
Please write the official name on this document.
略りゃく称しょうではなく正せい式しき名めい称しょうで呼よんでください。
Please call it by its formal name, not the abbreviation.

Usage patterns

〈事こと〉の正せい式しき名めい称しょうは〈事こと〉であるthe official name of X is Y
この会かい社しゃの正せい式しき名めい称しょうは「株かぶ式しき会がい社しゃ山やま田だ商しょう事じ」である。
This company's official name is "Yamada Shoji Co., Ltd."
正せい式しき名めい称しょうで呼よぶto call something by its official name
正せい式しき名めい称しょうで呼よんでください。
Please call it by its official name.
正せい式しき名めい称しょうを使つかうto use the official name
書しょ類るいには正せい式しき名めい称しょうを使つかってください。
Please use the official name on documents.

Kanji

正correct, justice, righteous
式style, ceremony, rite
名name, noted, distinguished
称appellation, praise, admire

Related words

略りゃく称しょう
略称 is an abbreviation or short name, while 正式名称 is the full official name.
通つう称しょう
通称 is a common or popular name, not necessarily official; 正式名称 is the formal, registered name.

Opposites

略りゃく称しょう
略称 is a shortened or abbreviated name, while 正式名称 is the full official name.
通つう称しょう
通称 is a popular or commonly used name that may not be official, while 正式名称 is the legally recognized formal name.
略りゃく語ごN1
正式名称 is the full, official name of something, in contrast to 略語, its shortened everyday form.
仮か称しょう
仮称 is a temporary, placeholder name used before finalization, while 正式名称 is the official name once it's decided.

Built from

正せい式しき+名めい称しょう

Etymology

Compound of 正式 (formal, official) and 名称 (name, designation).