English [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
From Middle English nekename , alteration (due to a rebracketing of an ekename as a nekename ) of earlier ekename ( “ nickname ” ) , from eke ( “ additional ” ) + name .[1] 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 .
Pronunciation [ edit ]
IPA (key ) : /ˈnɪkneɪm/
Audio (Southern England) (file )
nickname (plural nicknames )
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.
"The Big Apple " is a common nickname for New York City.
A familiar, shortened or diminutive name for a person or thing.
My name is Jonathan, but I go by my nickname , Johnny.
Usage notes [ edit ]
Nicknames are often given in quotation marks between the first and last names. For example: Sammy "The Bull" Gravano.
Synonyms [ edit ]
Hyponyms [ edit ]
( familiar invented given name ) : hypocoristic , pet name ( affectionate nicknames ) ; see epithet ( invented names used alongside the actual name )
Descendants [ edit ]
Translations [ edit ]
familiar, invented given name
Afrikaans: bynaam , volksnaam
Albanian: nofkë (sq) f
Arabic: لَقَب (ar) m ( laqab ) , كُنْيَة f ( kunya ) , اِسْم الدَّلَع m ( ism ad-dalaʕ )
Armenian: մականուն (hy) ( makanun )
Azerbaijani: ləqəb
Bashkir: ҡушамат ( quşamat )
Belarusian: мяну́шка f ( mjanúška ) , клі́чка f ( klíčka ) , на́звішча n ( názvišča ) , на́зьвішча n ( názʹvišča ) ( Taraškievica )
Bengali: ডাকনাম (bn) ( ḍakonam )
Bikol Central: bansag (bcl)
Breton: moranv (br) m
Bulgarian: пря́кор (bg) m ( prjákor ) , про́звище (bg) n ( prózvište )
Catalan: sobrenom (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 花名 ( faa1 meng4-2 )
Mandarin: 綽號 / 绰号 (zh) ( chuòhào ) , 外號 / 外号 (zh) ( wàihào ) , 花名 (zh) ( huāmíng )
Czech: přezdívka (cs) f
Danish: øgenavn n , kælenavn n
Dutch: bijnaam (nl) m
Esperanto: kromnomo sg , alnomo
Estonian: hüüdnimi
Finnish: lempinimi (fi)
French: surnom (fr) m , sobriquet (fr) m
Galician: alcume (gl) m , alcuño m
Georgian: მეტსახელი ( meṭsaxeli ) , ზედმეტსახელი ( zedmeṭsaxeli ) , შერქმეული სახელი ( šerkmeuli saxeli )
German: Spitzname (de) m
Greek: παρατσούκλι (el) n ( paratsoúkli )
Ancient: ἐπωνυμία f ( epōnumía )
Hebrew: כִּינּוּי חִיבָּה m ( kinuy khiba ) , שֵׁם לווַאי m ( shem levái )
Hindi: उपनाम (hi) m ( upnām ) , लक़ब ( laqab )
Hungarian: becenév (hu)
Icelandic: gælunafn (is) n
Ido: surnomacho (io)
Indonesian: panggilan (id)
Irish: leasainm m , forainm (ga) m
Italian: soprannome (it) m
Japanese: 愛称 (ja) ( あいしょう, aishō ) , ニックネーム ( nikkunēmu ) , 渾名 (ja) ( あだな, adana ) , 綽名 ( あだな, adana ) , 綽号 ( しゃくごう, shakugō )
Kazakh: лақап ( laqap ) , ат (kk) ( at ) , лақап ат ( laqap at )
Khmer: សម្មតិនាម ( sɑmmat niəm )
Korean: 애칭(愛稱) (ko) ( aeching ) , 별명(別名) (ko) ( byeolmyeong )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: leqeb (ku)
Kyrgyz: ылакап ат ( ılakap at ) , ат (ky) ( at )
Lao: ຊື່ນ້ອຍ ( sư̄n ʼa nya )
Latin: agnomen n , agnomentum n
Latvian: iesauka f , palama f
Lithuanian: pravardė f
Low German:
German Low German: Ökelnaam m , Ökelnoom m
Luxembourgish: Spëtznumm m
Macedonian: прекар m ( prekar )
Maltese: laqam m
Maori: ingoa kārangaranga
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: хоч (mn) ( xoč )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kallenavn (no) n , økenavn n , kjælenavn n
Nynorsk: kallenamn n , aukenamn n , kjælenamn n
Ottoman Turkish: لقب ( lakab )
Pashto: لقب m ( laqab )
Persian:
Iranian Persian: لَقَب (fa) ( lağab ) , کُنْیِه (fa) ( konye ) , پاژْنام ( pâžnâm )
Plautdietsch: Ieekjenomen m
Polish: przezwisko (pl) n , ksywa (pl) f , ksywka f , przydomek (pl) m , nick (pl) m
Portuguese: ( Brazil ) apelido (pt) m , ( Portugal ) alcunha (pt) m
Romanian: poreclă (ro) f
Russian: кли́чка (ru) f ( klíčka ) , про́звище (ru) n ( prózvišče ) , псевдони́м (ru) m ( psevdoním ) ( pseudonym ) , прозва́ние (ru) n ( prozvánije )
Scottish Gaelic: ath-ainm m , far-ainm m , frith-ainm m , leas-ainm m , leth-ainm m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: на́димак m
Roman: nádimak (sh) m
Sicilian: ( Both individual or family nickname ) nciuria f , suprannomu (scn) m
Slovak: prezývka f
Slovene: vzdevek (sl) m , nadimek m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: gódło n
Spanish: apodo (es) m , mote (es) m , sobrenombre (es) m , ( Bolivia, Peru ) chapa (es) f
Swahili: msimbo (sw) class 3/4 , jina la utani
Swedish: smeknamn (sv) n , öknamn (sv) n ( a derogatory nickname )
Tagalog: palayaw
Tajik: лақаб ( laqab ) , куния ( kuniya ) , тахаллус ( taxallus )
Tatar: кушамат (tt) ( quşamat )
Thai: ชื่อเล่น (th) ( chʉ̂ʉ-lên )
Tibetan: མིང་འདོགས ( ming 'dogs ) ( pejorative ) , གཅེས་མིང ( gces ming ) ( endearing )
Turkish: takma ad (tr) , lakap (tr)
Ukrainian: прі́звисько n ( prízvysʹko ) , кли́чка f ( klýčka ) ( colloquial )
Urdu: اُپ نام m ( up nām ) , لَقَب m ( laqab )
Uyghur: لەقەم ( leqem )
Uzbek: laqab (uz)
Walloon: såvaedje no (wa) m , spot (wa) m , sobriket (wa) m , sobricot (wa) m
Welsh: llysenw m , glasenw m
byname
Afrikaans: bynaam , noemnaam
Bashkir: ҡушамат ( quşamat )
Bulgarian: умали́телно и́ме n ( umalítelno íme )
Danish: tilnavn n , øgenavn n
Finnish: liikanimi (fi) , lisänimi (fi)
French: sobriquet (fr) m
German: Beiname (de) m
Icelandic: uppnefni n , viðurnefni (is) n , auknefni n
Middle English: surname , surnoun
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tilnavn n
Nynorsk: tilnamn n
Polish: przezwisko (pl) n
Sicilian: nciuria f , suprannomu (scn) m
Swahili: msimbo (sw) class 3/4 , jina la utani
Swedish: tillnamn (sv) n , binamn (sv) n
Turkish: lakap (tr) , san (tr) , sıfat (tr)
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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).
Gerald, nicknamed "Jerry", was usually a very cheerful person.
Translations [ edit ]
to give a nickname to
Afrikaans: bynaam gee
Bikol Central: magbansag , bansagan
Bulgarian: давам прякор ( davam prjakor )
Czech: přezdívat (cs)
Dutch: bijnamen (nl)
Finnish: antaa lempinimi , liikanimi (fi) , lisänimi (fi) , nimetä (fi)
French: surnommer (fr)
Georgian: სახელს არქმევს ( saxels arkmevs ) , სახელს შეარქმევს ( saxels šearkmevs )
Greek: παρονομάζω (el) ( paronomázo )
Ancient: ἐπικαλέω ( epikaléō )
Icelandic: uppnefna
Ido: surnomizar
Italian: soprannominare
Japanese: 渾名する (ja) ( あだなする, adana suru )
Portuguese: alcunhar (pt) , apelidar (pt)
Romanian: porecli (ro)
Russian: прозыва́ть (ru) impf ( prozyvátʹ ) , прозва́ть (ru) pf ( prozvátʹ ) , крести́ть (ru) impf ( krestítʹ ) , окрести́ть (ru) pf ( okrestítʹ )
Spanish: apodar (es) , motejar (es)
Ukrainian: прозива́ти ( prozyváty ) ( impf. ) , прозва́ти ( prozváty ) ( pf. )
Walloon: spoter (wa) , sorlomer (wa) , ribatijhî (wa) , batijhî (wa)
References [ edit ]
^ Arika Okrent (2019 July 5) “12 Old Words That Survived by Getting Fossilized in Idioms”, in Mental Floss [1] , Pocket , retrieved 2021-10-08