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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, umpire.

Noun
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1. A familiar, invented given name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing.
2. A kind of byname that describes a person by a characteristic of that person.

Synonyms
byname
cognomen
handle
hypocoristic
nick
sobriquet

Translations
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Czech: p�ezdívka f
Danish: kælenavn (positive), øgenavn (negative), tilnavn (old-ish)
Dutch: bijnaam
Estonian: hüüdnimi
Finnish: lempinimi, kutsumanimi
French: surnom m
German: Spitzname m
Greek: �α��ν�μιο [paro��nimi�o�] n, �α�α��ο�κλι [para�ʦukli] n, �α�αν�μι [para�no�mi] n, �ε�δ�ν�μο [p͡se�v�ðo�ni�mo�] n (pseudonym)
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Hebrew: ��נ�� ����|�ִּ�נּ�ּ� �ִ��ָּ�, ש� �����|שֵ�� ���ַ��
Italian: soprannome m
Latin: cognomen m
Maltese: laqam
Norwegian: kallenavn n
Portuguese: apelido m (Brazil), alcunha m (Portugal)
Spanish: apodo m, mote m, sobrenombre m, chapa f italbrac|Bolivia|Peru
Swedish: smeknamn n, öknamn n (a deregatory nickname)
Russian: п�евдоним, п�озви�е
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Transitive verb
rfc-trverb|Transitive verb
nickname (nicknaming, nicknamed)

1. give a nickname to (a person or thing).

Translations
French: surnommer
Italian: soprannominare

Category:English nouns which have interacted with their indefinite article

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• 2007-10-05 12:14 - Daniel Polansky - /* Translations */ +Czech

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