nickname

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations

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[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

nickname (plural nicknames)

1. A familiar, invented given name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing.
2. 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

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[edit] Verb

to nickname (third-person singular simple present nicknames, present participle nicknaming, simple past and past participle nicknamed)

1. (transitive) To give a nickname to (a person or thing).

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