nickname
See also: Nickname
English
Etymology
From Middle English nekename, alteration (due to a rebracketing of an ekename as a nekename) of earlier ekename (“nickname”), from eke (“also, additional”) + name (“name”). Compare Old Norse aukanafn, auknafn, auknefni (“nickname”), Danish øgenavn (“nickname”), and Low German Ökelname, Ekelname (“nickname”).
For other similar cases of incorrect division, see also apron, daffodil, newt, orange, umpire.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɪkneɪm/
Noun
nickname (plural nicknames)
- A familiar, invented given name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing.
- A kind of byname that describes a person by a characteristic of that person.
Synonyms
- (familiar invented given name): handle, hypocoristic, moniker, nick, sobriquet, pet name
- (byname): antonomasia, byname, cognomen
Translations
familiar, invented given name
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byname
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Verb
nickname (third-person singular simple present nicknames, present participle nicknaming, simple past and past participle nicknamed)
- (transitive) To give a nickname to (a person or thing).
Translations
to give a nickname to
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