Nicolas

See also: Nicolás

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɪk.ə.ləs/, /ˈnɪk.ləs/

• Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -ɪkələs, -ɪkləs
• Homophone: knickerless (non-rhotic accents)

Proper noun

Nicolas

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek, of less common usage, variant of Nicholas.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 6:5:

     And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch.

Derived terms

• Saint-Nicolas

 

Translations

transliterations of the given name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 尼古拉斯 (zh) (Nígǔlāsī)

• Greek: Νικόλας (el) (Nikólas)
• Japanese: ニコラス (Nikorasu)
• Korean: 니콜라스 (nikollaseu)
• Maori: Nīkora
• Nepali: निकोलस (nikolas)
• Romanian: Nicolae (ro)
• Russian: Николай (ru) (Nikolaj)

Anagrams

• Liconas, Liscano, alnicos, oilcans

Catalan

Proper noun

Nicolas m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Nicholas

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Ni‧co‧las

Proper noun

Nicolas

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Nicholas
2. a surname

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ni.kɔ.la/, /ni.kɔ.lɑ/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Ni‧co‧las

Proper noun

Nicolas m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Nicholas
2. a surname originating as a patronymic

Related terms

• Nicole

Anagrams

• calions, clonais, lacions

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Nicolas

1. a male given name from French, feminine equivalent Nicole

Middle English

Proper noun

Nicolas

1. Alternative form of Nicholas

Middle French

Proper noun

Nicolas

1. a male given name

Norman

Alternative forms

• Nic'lesse

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare French Nicolas.

Proper noun

Nicolas m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Nicholas

Derived terms

• Nic
• Nico

 

Old French

Proper noun

Nicolas

1. Alternative form of Nicholas

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Nicolás.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /nikoˈlas/ [nɪ.xoˈlas]
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: Ni‧co‧las

Proper noun

Nicolás (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜃᜓᜎᜐ᜔)

1. a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Nicholas
2. a surname from Spanish

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Nicolas is the 106th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 54,585 individuals.