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 (zh), 爱称 (zh) (àichēng), 昵稱 (zh), 昵称 (zh) (nìchēng), 小名 (zh) (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