Nicolaus

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos).

Proper noun

Nicolaus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cicadellidae – certain leafhoppers of southern Africa.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Paraneoptera – superorder; Hemiptera – order; Auchenorrhyncha – suborder; Cicadomorpha – infraorder; Membracoidea – superfamily; Cicadellidae – family; Deltocephalinae – subfamily; Paralimnini – tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Nicolaus xerophilus – type species

References

• Paralimnini on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Nicolaus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Paralimnini on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Proper noun

Nicolaus

1. A census-designated place in Sutter County, California, United States.

Anagrams

• cousinal, unsocial

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɪkolaʊ̯s], [ˈniːkolaʊ̯s]

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Proper noun

Nicolaus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Nicolaus, plural Nicolaus)

1. a male given name

Related terms

• Nikolaus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek νῑ́κη (nī́kē)

Proto-Hellenic *lāwós

Ancient Greek λᾱός (lāós)

Ancient Greek Νῑκόλᾱος (Nīkólāos)bor.

Latin Nicolaus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νῑκόλᾱος (Nīkólāos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [niː.kɔˈɫaː.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ni.koˈlaː.us]

Proper noun

Nīcolāus m sg (genitive Nīcolāī); second declension

1. a male given name

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Nīcolāus
genitive	Nīcolāī
dative	Nīcolāō
accusative	Nīcolāum
ablative	Nīcolāō
vocative	Nīcolāe

Related terms

• Nīcolāa

Descendants

• Catalan: Nicolau
• Old French: Nicholas
  • French: Nicolas
  • Norman: Nic'lesse
  • → English: Nicholas
  • → Dutch: Nicolaas, Klaas
• Italian: Nicola, Niccolò
• Portuguese: Nicolau
• Romanian: Nicoară
• Spanish: Nicolás
• Venetan: Nicoła
• → Czech: Mikuláš
• → Danish: Nikolaus
• → Faroese: Niklas
• → Finnish: Nikolaus
• → West Frisian: Niklaas
• → German: Nikolaus, Klaus
• → Hungarian: Miklós
• → Icelandic: Nikulás
• → Latvian: Nikolajs, Nikolass, Niklāvs, Niks, Klāvs
• → Lithuanian: Nikolas, Mikalojus
• → Limburgish: Nicolaas
• → Luxembourgish: Niklos
• → Norwegian: Nikolaus, Nikolas
• → Polish: Mikołaj
• → Slovak: Mikuláš
• → Swedish: Nikolaus, Niklas, Nils

References

• “Nicolaus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Portuguese

Proper noun

Nicolaus

1. plural of Nicolau