Nicolas

See also: Nicolás

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɪ.kə.ləs/, /ˈnɪk.ləs/

• Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -ɪkələs, -ɪkləs
• Homophone: (non-rhotic) knickerless

Proper noun

Nicolas

1. A male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], of less common usage, variant of Nicholas.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 6:5:

     And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch.

   • 2011 April 14, Michael Schuman, “Do the BRICS believe in free markets?”, in Time‎^[1]:

     French President Nicolas Sarkozy advocated more regulation of commodities markets and better management of capital flows at the last G-20 meeting, and the G-7 intervened in currency markets to depress the yen in the wake of Japan’s March earthquake.

Derived terms

• Saint-Nicolas
• Saint-Nicolas-du-Pélem

Related terms

• Basak San Nicolas
• Pahina San Nicolas
• San Nicolas Central

Translations

Nicholas — see Nicholas

Anagrams

• Liconas, Liscano, alnicos, oilcans

Catalan

Proper noun

Nicolas m

1. a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Nicholas

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish Nicolás.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Ni‧co‧las

Proper noun

Nicolas

1. a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Nicholas
2. a surname

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ni.kɔ.la/ ~ /ni.kɔ.lɑ/

• Audio:

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• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Hyphenation: Ni‧co‧las

Proper noun

Nicolas m

1. a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Nicholas
2. a surname originating as a patronymic

Related terms

• Nicole

Anagrams

• calions, clonais, lacions

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

Nicolas

1. a male given name from French, feminine equivalent Nicolas

Middle English

Proper noun

Nicolas

1. a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Nicholas

Middle French

Proper noun

Nicolas

1. a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Nicholas

Norman

Alternative forms

• Nic'lesse

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare French Nicolas.

Proper noun

Nicolas m

1. a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Nicholas

Derived terms

• Nic
• Nico

Old French

Proper noun

Nicolas

1. a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], variant of Nicholas, equivalent to English Nicholas

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /niˈko.lɐs/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /niˈko.lɐs/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /niˈko.lɐʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /niˈko.las/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /niˈko.lɐʃ/

Proper noun

Nicolas m (invariable)

1. a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], variant of Nicolau, equivalent to English Nicholas; variant form Nikolas

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Nicolás.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /nikoˈlas/ [n̪ɪ.xoˈlas]
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: Ni‧co‧las

Proper noun

Nicolás (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜃᜓᜎᜐ᜔)

1. a male given name from Spanish [in turn from Latin, in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Nicholas
2. a surname from Spanish [in turn originating as a patronymic]

Derived terms

• Kulas

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Nicolas is the 106th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 54,585 individuals.