calling name

English

Noun

calling name (plural calling names)

1. (communication) The name associated with the telephone number or similar identifier of a caller.
2. A name an animal has been trained to respond to.
3. A nickname.
4. (anthropology, linguistics) The name by which a person is normally identified in conversation.

Translations

communication: the name associated with a telephone number

a name an animal has been trained to respond to

nickname — see nickname

anthropology, linguistics: the name by which a person is normally identified in conversation

• Dutch: roepnaam (nl)
• German: Rufname (de)

• Swedish: tilltalsnamn (sv)

See also

• CNAP
• name-calling
• CNAP on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:CNAP

Anagrams

• name-calling