სანომრე ნიშანი
“სანომრე ნიშანი” (sanomre nishani) — license plate in Georgian. Noun, level B1. The plate with the car's number. nishani is a sign in general: a road sign is sagzao nishani. In speech the car's plate is simply nomeri. In a live sentence: “სანომრე ნიშანი ტალახით დაიფარა” — The license plate got covered in mud. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ს, ა, ნ, ო, მ, რ, ე, ნ, ი, შ, ა, ნ.
In short
| Written in Georgian | სანომრე ნიშანი |
| Read in Latin letters | sanomre nishani |
| Translation | license plate |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
- სანომრე ნიშანიsanomre nishanilicense plate
Why it looks that way
The plate with the car's number. nishani is a sign in general: a road sign is sagzao nishani. In speech the car's plate is simply nomeri
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- სანომრე ნიშანი ტალახით დაიფარაsanomre nishani talakhit daiparaThe license plate got covered in mud
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “license plate” in Georgian?
«სანომრე ნიშანი», read “sanomre nishani”. In a live sentence: “სანომრე ნიშანი ტალახით დაიფარა” — The license plate got covered in mud. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ს, ა, ნ, ო, მ, რ, ე, ნ, ი, შ, ა, ნ.
How is “სანომრე ნიშანი” written in Latin letters?
sanomre nishani. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
The plate with the car's number. nishani is a sign in general: a road sign is sagzao nishani. In speech the car's plate is simply nomeri. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
Can I hear how it sounds?
Yes, right on this page: click the word and it will play. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.