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Nickname
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English
Etymology
From the older form eke-name, from Middle English eke, meaning also, and name; the n comes from hearing "an eke-name" as "a nickname". Compare apple, newt, orange, ox.
Noun
nickname (plural nicknames)
- A familiar, invented name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing.
Synonyms
- byname
- handle
Translations
- Dutch: bijnaam
- Estonian: hüüdnimi
- Finnish: lempinimi , kutsumanimi
- French: surnom m
- Hebrew: כִּינּוּי חִיבָּה, שֵׁם לווַאי
- Italian: soprannome m
- Portuguese: apelido m (Brazil)
- Swedish: smeknamn n, öknamn n (a deregatory nickname)
Transitive verb
nickname (nicknaming, nicknamed)
- give a nickname to (a person or thing).
Translations
- French: surnommer
- Italian: soprannominare
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