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, umpire.
Noun
en-noun
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- 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
byname
cognomen
handle
hypocoristic
nick
sobriquet
Translations
trans-top|invented given name
Czech: pÅ�ezdÃvka 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: ×�×�× ×�×� ×�×�×�×�|×�Ö´Ö¼×�× Ö¼×�Ö¼×� ×�Ö´×�×�Ö¸Ö¼×�, ש×� ×�×�×�×�×�|שֵ×�×� ×�×�×�Ö·×�×�
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)
- give a nickname to (a person or thing).
Translations
French: surnommer
Italian: soprannominare
Category:English nouns which have interacted with their indefinite article
fa:nickname
fr:nickname
ko:nickname
hy:nickname
io:nickname
it:nickname
hu:nickname
ru:nickname
sk:nickname
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