pet name

English

Pronunciation

Stress on first syllable

Noun

pet name (plural pet names)

1. A nickname, especially a name used by those in love with one another.

   My boyfriend won't let me call him by his pet name, Pookie, in public.

Synonyms

• (nickname): hypocorism, nickname

Translations

name of endearment

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 愛稱 (cmn), 爱称 (cmn) (àichēng), 昵稱 (cmn), 昵称 (cmn) (nìchēng), 小名 (cmn) (xiǎomíng)

• Danish: kælenavn (da) n
• Dutch: koosnaam (nl)
• Finnish: lempinimi (fi), kutsumanimi (fi)
• French: petit nom (fr) m

• German: Kosename (de) m, Lallname (de) m
• Japanese: 愛称 (ja) (あいしょう, aishō), ペットネーム (ja) (pettonēmu)
• Macedonian: нагалено име (mk) (nagáleno íme) n
• Norwegian: kallenavn (no)
• Russian: ласкательное имя (ru) (laskátel'noje ímja) n , уменьшительное имя (ru) (umen'šítel'noje ímja) f 
• Swedish: smeknamn (sv)

External links

• pet name at OneLook Dictionary Search