nickname
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From the older form eke-name, from Middle English eke, meaning also, and name; the n comes from hearing “an eke-name” as “a nickname”. Compare apple, newt, orange, ox, umpire.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /nɪk neɪm/
[edit] Noun
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nickname (plural nicknames)
- A familiar, invented given name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing.
- A kind of byname that describes a person by a characteristic of that person.
[edit] Synonyms
- (familiar invented given name): handle, hypocoristic, moniker, nick, sobriquet, pet name
- (byname): byname, cognomen
[edit] Translations
familiar, invented given name
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[edit] Verb
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to nickname (third-person singular simple present nicknames, present participle nicknaming, simple past and past participle nicknamed)
- (transitive) To give a nickname to (a person or thing).
[edit] Translations
to give a nickname to