nickname
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English neke name, alteration (due to a rebracketing of an ekename as a nekename) of earlier ekename (“nickname”), from eke (“additional”) + name. Compare Old Norse aukanafn, auknafn, auknefni, Faroese eyknevni, Danish øgenavn, Norwegian Nynorsk aukenamn, Swedish öknamn, and German Low German Ökelname.
For other similar cases of incorrect division, see also apron, daffodil, newt, orange, umpire.
Inflected forms:
form: nicknames
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: nicknames
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: nicknaming
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: nicknamed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: nicknamed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A familiar, invented name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing, often based on some noteworthy characteristic.
pos: noun
examples: "The Big Apple" is a common nickname for New York City.
[…] Plato, who was named Aristocles after his grandfather, but received from his gymnastic master the nickname Πλάτων (from πλάτυς, broad), which practically superseded his real name.
He excelled with the arbalest steel crossbow, winning the nickname the Arbalestier and joined Bahriyya regiment, the crack soldiers who defeated the Crusaders and became known as the Turkish Lions and the Islamic Templars.
Both literally and figuratively, the city has cleaned up without sacrificing the edge that inspired its locally embraced nickname of “Grit City.”
gloss: A familiar, shortened or diminutive name for a person or thing.
pos: noun
examples: My name is Jonathan, but I go by my nickname, Johnny.
gloss: To give a nickname to (a person or thing).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Gerald, nicknamed "Jerry", was usually a very cheerful person.
He was nicknamed Chemical Ali by Iraqi Kurds, who also called him the Butcher of Kurdistan
Synonyms: byname
moniker
nick
to-name
sobriquet
handle
cognomen
surname
eponym
Derived words: nicknameable
nicknamee
nicknameless
nicknamer
nicknamey
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: bynaam
lang: Afrikaans
word: volksnaam
lang: Albanian
word: nofkë
lang: Arabic
word: لَقَب
roman: laqab
lang: Arabic
word: كُنْيَة
roman: kunya
lang: Arabic
word: اِسْم الدَّلَع
roman: ism ad-dalaʕ
lang: Armenian
word: մականուն
roman: makanun
lang: Azerbaijani
word: ləqəb
lang: Azerbaijani
word: ayama
lang: Bashkir
word: ҡушамат
roman: quşamat
lang: Belarusian
word: мяну́шка
roman: mjanúška
lang: Belarusian
word: клі́чка
roman: klíčka
lang: Belarusian
word: на́звішча
roman: názvišča
lang: Belarusian
word: на́зьвішча
roman: názʹvišča
lang: Bengali
word: ডাকনাম
roman: ḍakonam
lang: Central Bikol
word: bansag
lang: Breton
word: moranv
lang: Bulgarian
word: пря́кор
roman: prjákor
lang: Bulgarian
word: прякор
roman: prjakor
lang: Bulgarian
word: про́звище
roman: prózvište
lang: Catalan
word: sobrenom
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 花名
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 綽號 /绰号
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 外號 /外号
roman: wàihào
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 花名
roman: huāmíng
lang: Czech
word: přezdívka
lang: Danish
word: øgenavn
lang: Danish
word: kælenavn
lang: Dutch
word: bijnaam
lang: Esperanto
word: kromnomo
lang: Esperanto
word: alnomo
lang: Estonian
word: hüüdnimi
lang: Finnish
word: lempinimi
lang: French
word: surnom
lang: French
word: sobriquet
lang: Galician
word: alcume
lang: Galician
word: alcuño
lang: Georgian
word: მეტსახელი
roman: meṭsaxeli
lang: Georgian
word: ზედმეტსახელი
roman: zedmeṭsaxeli
lang: Georgian
word: შერქმეული სახელი
roman: šerkmeuli saxeli
lang: German
word: Spitzname
lang: Greek
word: παρατσούκλι
roman: paratsoúkli
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἐπωνυμία
roman: epōnumía
lang: Hebrew
word: כִּינּוּי חִיבָּה
roman: kinuy khiba
lang: Hebrew
word: שֵׁם לווַאי
roman: shem levái
lang: Hindi
word: उपनाम
roman: upnām
lang: Hindi
word: लक़ब
roman: laqab
lang: Hungarian
word: becenév
lang: Icelandic
word: gælunafn
lang: Ido
word: surnomacho
lang: Indonesian
word: panggilan
lang: Irish
word: leasainm
lang: Irish
word: forainm
lang: Italian
word: soprannome
lang: Japanese
word: 愛称
roman: aishō
lang: Japanese
word: ニックネーム
roman: nikkunēmu
lang: Japanese
word: 渾名
roman: adana
lang: Japanese
word: 綽名
roman: adana
lang: Japanese
word: 綽号
roman: shakugō
lang: Kazakh
word: лақап
roman: laqap
lang: Kazakh
word: ат
roman: at
lang: Kazakh
word: лақап ат
roman: laqap at
lang: Khmer
word: សម្មតិនាម
roman: sɑmmat niəm
lang: Korean
word: 애칭
roman: aeching
lang: Korean
word: 별명
roman: byeolmyeong
lang: Korean
word: 닉네임
roman: ningneim
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: leqeb
lang: Kyrgyz
word: ылакап ат
roman: ılakap at
lang: Kyrgyz
word: ат
roman: at
lang: Lao
word: ຊື່ນ້ອຍ
roman: sư̄ nǭi
lang: Latin
word: agnomen
lang: Latin
word: agnomentum
lang: Latvian
word: iesauka
lang: Latvian
word: palama
lang: Lithuanian
word: pravardė
lang: Louisiana Creole
word: ti-nom
lang: Low German
word: Ökelnaam
lang: Low German
word: Ökelnoom
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Spëtznumm
lang: Macedonian
word: прекар
roman: prekar
lang: Macedonian
word: пре́кар
roman: prékar
lang: Maltese
word: laqam
lang: Māori
word: ingoa kārangaranga
lang: Mongolian
word: хоч
roman: xoč
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: kallenavn
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: økenavn
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: kjælenavn
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: kallenamn
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: aukenamn
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: kjælenamn
lang: Pashto
word: لقب
roman: laqab
lang: Iranian Persian
word: لَقَب
roman: laġab
lang: Iranian Persian
word: کُنْیِه
roman: konye
lang: Iranian Persian
word: پاژْنام
roman: pâžnâm
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Ieekjenomen
lang: Polish
word: przezwisko
lang: Polish
word: ksywa
lang: Polish
word: ksywka
lang: Polish
word: przydomek
lang: Polish
word: nick
lang: Portuguese
word: apelido
lang: Portuguese
word: alcunha
lang: Romanian
word: poreclă
lang: Russian
word: кли́чка
roman: klíčka
lang: Russian
word: про́звище
roman: prózvišče
lang: Russian
word: псевдони́м
roman: psevdoním
lang: Russian
word: прозва́ние
roman: prozvánije
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: ath-ainm
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: far-ainm
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: frith-ainm
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: leas-ainm
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: leth-ainm
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: на́димак
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: nádimak
lang: Sicilian
word: nciuria
lang: Sicilian
word: suprannomu
lang: Slovak
word: prezývka
lang: Slovene
word: vzdevek
lang: Slovene
word: nadimek
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: gódło
lang: Spanish
word: apodo
lang: Spanish
word: mote
lang: Spanish
word: sobrenombre
lang: Spanish
word: chapa
lang: Spanish
word: cognombre
lang: Spanish
word: cognomen
lang: Spanish
word: renombre
lang: Spanish
word: nombrete
lang: Swahili
word: msimbo
lang: Swahili
word: jina la utani
lang: Swedish
word: smeknamn
lang: Swedish
word: öknamn
lang: Tagalog
word: palayaw
lang: Tajik
word: лақаб
roman: laqab
lang: Tajik
word: куния
roman: kuniya
lang: Tajik
word: тахаллус
roman: taxallus
lang: Tatar
word: кушамат
roman: quşamat
lang: Thai
word: ชื่อเล่น
roman: chʉ̂ʉ-lên
lang: Tibetan
word: མིང་འདོགས
lang: Tibetan
word: གཅེས་མིང
roman: gces ming
lang: Turkish
word: takma ad
lang: Turkish
word: lakap
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: لقب
roman: lakab
lang: Ukrainian
word: прі́звисько
roman: prízvysʹko
lang: Ukrainian
word: кли́чка
roman: klýčka
lang: Urdu
word: اُپ نام
roman: up nām
lang: Urdu
word: لَقَب
roman: laqab
lang: Uyghur
word: لەقەم
roman: leqem
lang: Uzbek
word: laqab
lang: Walloon
word: såvaedje no
lang: Walloon
word: spot
lang: Walloon
word: sobriket
lang: Walloon
word: sobricot
lang: Welsh
word: llysenw
lang: Welsh
word: glasenw