nickname

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English

Etymology

Middle English nekename (“nickname”), alteration (due to an incorrect division of the words an ekename as a nekename) of previous ekename (“nickname”), from eke (“also, additional”) + name (“name”). compare Old Norse aukanafn (“nickname”).

For incorrect division, see also apron, newt, orange, umpire, daffodil.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /nɪkneɪm/

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.

Synonyms

• (familiar invented given name): handle, hypocoristic, moniker, nick, sobriquet, pet name
• (byname): antonomasia, byname, cognomen

Translations

familiar, invented given name

Arabic: لقب (ar) (láqab) m., كنية (ar) (kúnya) f., اسم الدلع (ar) (ism al-dála3) m. Bosnian: nadimak (bs) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 綽號 (cmn), 绰号 (cmn) (chuòhào), 外號 (cmn), 外号 (cmn) (wàihào) Czech: přezdívka (cs) f. Danish: øgenavn (da) n., kælenavn (da) n. Dutch: bijnaam (nl) Estonian: hüüdnimi Finnish: lempinimi (fi) French: surnom (fr) m. Georgian: მეტსახელი (ka) (metsaxeli) German: Spitzname (de) m. Greek: παρωνύμιο [paro̞ˈnimiˌo̞] n., παρατσούκλι [paraˈʦukli] n., παρανόμι [paraˈno̞mi] n., ψευδώνυμο [p͡se̞vˈðo̞niˌmo̞] n. (pseudonym)

Hebrew: כִּינּוּי חִיבָּה (he), שֵׁם לווַאי (he) Hungarian: becenév (hu) Italian: soprannome (it) m. Japanese: 愛称 (ja) (aishō), ニックネーム (ja) (nikkunēmu), 渾名 (ja), 綽名 (ja) (あだな, adana) Latin: cognomen (la) m. Luxembourgish: Spëtznumm (lb) m. Macedonian: прекар (mk) (prékar) m. Maltese: laqam Norwegian: kallenavn (no) n. Portuguese: apelido m. (Brazil), alcunha m. (Portugal) Russian: кличка (ru) (klíčka) f., прозвище (ru) (prózvišče) n., псевдоним (ru) (psevdoním) m. (pseudonym) Spanish: apodo m., mote m., sobrenombre m., chapa f. (Bolivia, Peru) Swahili: msimbo (sw) Swedish: smeknamn (sv) n., öknamn (sv) n. (a deregatory nickname)

byname

Danish: tilnavn (da) n. Finnish: liikanimi (fi), lisänimi (fi) German: Beiname (de) m. Norwegian: Bokmål: tilnavn (no) n. Nynorsk: tilnamn (nn) n.

Swahili: msimbo (sw) Swedish: tillnamn (sv) n., binamn (sv) n.

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Esperanto: petnomo, kromnomo

Verb

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).

Translations

to give a nickname to

Czech: přezdívat (cs) Finnish: antaa lempinimi/liikanimi/lisänimi, nimetä (fi) French: surnommer (fr)

Icelandic: uppnefna (is) Italian: soprannominare (it) Swahili: msimbo (sw)