nickname en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈnɪkneɪm/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Middle English neke name, alteration (due to a rebracketing of an ekename as a nekename) of earlier ekename (“nickname”), from eke (“additional”) + name. 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.
Meanings
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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.
[…] Plato, who was named Aristocles after his grandfather, but received from his gymnastic master the nickname Πλάτων (from πλάτυς, broad), which practically superseded his real name.
1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page xiii:He excelled with the arbalest steel crossbow, winning the nickname the Arbalestier and joined Bahriyya regiment, the crack soldiers who defeated the Crusaders and became known as the Turkish Lions and the Islamic Templars.
2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 329:"The Big Apple" is a common nickname for New York City.
Both literally and figuratively, the city has cleaned up without sacrificing the edge that inspired its locally embraced nickname of “Grit City.”
2024 June 23, Corinne Whiting, “The dazzling sides of ‘Grit City’”, in CNN, archived from the original on 05 Oct 2024:
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A familiar, shortened or diminutive name for a person or thing.
My name is Jonathan, but I go by my nickname, Johnny.
Forms
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Deriveds
nicknameable · nicknamee · nicknamey · nicknameless · nicknamer
Descendants
ニックネーム · никне́йм · Nickname · 닉네임
Hyponyms
hypocoristic (familiar invented given name) · pet name (familiar invented given name) · epithet (familiar invented given name)
Synonyms
sobriquet (familiar invented given name) · byname (familiar invented given name) · cognomen (familiar invented given name) · surname (familiar invented given name) · to-name (familiar invented given name) · handle (familiar invented given name) · nick (familiar invented given name) · eponym (familiar invented given name) · moniker (familiar invented given name)
Translations (189)
la agnomen (familiar, invented given name) · ota لقب (familiar, invented given name) · da tilnavn (familiar, shortened or diminutive name) · gd ath-ainm (familiar, invented given name) · uz laqab (familiar, invented given name) · uk прі́звисько (familiar, invented given name) · fa-ira لَقَب (familiar, invented given name) · nl bijnaam (familiar, invented given name) · bg прякор (familiar, invented given name) · cy llysenw (familiar, shortened or diminutive name) · io surnomacho (familiar, invented given name) · es renombre (familiar, invented given name) · cy llysenw (familiar, invented given name) · de Beiname (familiar, shortened or diminutive name) · ar لَقَب (familiar, invented given name) · es cognombre (familiar, invented given name) · sv öknamn (familiar, invented given name) · ro poreclă (familiar, invented given name) · ko 애칭 (familiar, invented given name) · nn kjælenamn (familiar, invented given name) · fr surnom (familiar, invented given name) · scn nciuria (familiar, invented given name) · nn kallenamn (familiar, invented given name) · ko 닉네임 (familiar, invented given name) · pl ksywa (familiar, invented given name) · da kælenavn (familiar, invented given name) · tr takma ad (familiar, invented given name) · gl alcuño (familiar, invented given name) · sw msimbo (familiar, shortened or diminutive name) · fr sobriquet (familiar, shortened or diminutive name) · eo alnomo (familiar, invented given name) · ast llamátigu (familiar, invented given name) · sw jina la utani (familiar, invented given name) · ast nomatu (familiar, invented given name) · mn хоч (familiar, invented given name) · ca sobrenom (familiar, invented given name) · ga forainm (familiar, invented given name) · enm surnoun (familiar, shortened or diminutive name) · he כִּינּוּי חִיבָּה (familiar, invented given name) · es apodo (familiar, invented given name) · kmr leqeb (familiar, invented given name) · sl vzdevek (familiar, invented given name) · az ayama (familiar, invented given name) · be на́зьвішча (familiar, invented given name) · pl przezwisko (familiar, shortened or diminutive name) · fa-ira پاژْنام (familiar, invented given name) · pl ksywka (familiar, invented given name) · scn suprannomu (familiar, shortened or diminutive name) · tl palayaw (familiar, invented given name) · sh nádimak (familiar, invented given name) · zza leqeb (diq) (familiar, shortened or diminutive name) · pl przezwisko (familiar, invented given name) · lou ti-nom (familiar, invented given name) · sv smeknamn (familiar, invented given name) · kk лақап ат (familiar, invented given name) · el παρατσούκλι (familiar, invented given name) · sw msimbo (familiar, invented given name) · ps لقب (familiar, invented given name) · af bynaam (familiar, shortened or diminutive name) · es mote (familiar, invented given name) · cmn 花名 (familiar, invented given name) · mi ingoa kārangaranga (familiar, invented given name) · tt кушамат (familiar, invented given name) · ja ニックネーム (familiar, invented given name) · enm surname (familiar, shortened or diminutive name) · ja 渾名 (familiar, invented given name) · hu becenév (familiar, invented given name) · af volksnaam (familiar, invented given name) · lv palama (familiar, invented given name) · bg про́звище (familiar, invented given name) · af bynaam (familiar, invented given name) · pdt Ieekjenomen (familiar, invented given name) · es nombrete (familiar, invented given name) · tr lakap (familiar, invented given name) · is gælunafn (familiar, invented given name) · af noemnaam (familiar, shortened or diminutive name) · kk лақап (familiar, invented given name) · cs přezdívka (familiar, invented given name) · wa såvaedje no (familiar, invented given name) · la agnomentum (familiar, invented given name) · is uppnefni (familiar, shortened or diminutive name) · tr sıfat (familiar, shortened or diminutive name) · ja 綽号 (familiar, invented given name) · ba ҡушамат (familiar, invented given name) · ug لەقەم (familiar, invented given name) · wa sobricot (familiar, invented given name) · eo kromnomo (familiar, invented given name) · nn aukenamn (familiar, invented given name) · sl nadimek (familiar, invented given name) · ru кли́чка (familiar, invented given name) · bo མིང་འདོགས (familiar, invented given name) · ast llamatu (familiar, invented given name) · yue 花名 (familiar, invented given name) · ga leasainm (familiar, invented given name) · mk прекар (familiar, invented given name) · ru псевдони́м (familiar, invented given name) · km សម្មតិនាម (familiar, invented given name) · mt laqam (familiar, invented given name) · fi liikanimi (familiar, shortened or diminutive name) · gd frith-ainm (familiar, invented given name) · tg куния (familiar, invented given name) · ur لَقَب (familiar, invented given name) · nb kallenavn (familiar, invented given name) · da øgenavn (familiar, shortened or diminutive name) · ur اُپ نام (familiar, invented given name) · bn ডাকনাম (familiar, invented given name) · gd leas-ainm (familiar, invented given name) · bcl bansag (familiar, invented given name) · bg пря́кор (familiar, invented given name) · es cognomen (familiar, invented given name) · nn tilnamn (familiar, shortened or diminutive name) · ar كُنْيَة (familiar, invented given name) · uk кли́чка (familiar, invented given name) · ky ылакап ат (familiar, invented given name) · sh на́димак (familiar, invented given name) · tg тахаллус (familiar, invented given name) · lt pravardė (familiar, invented given name) · lv iesauka (familiar, invented given name) · nds-de Ökelnaam (familiar, invented given name) · dsb gódło (familiar, invented given name) · gl alcume (familiar, invented given name) · he שֵׁם לווַאי (familiar, invented given name) · nb tilnavn (familiar, shortened or diminutive name) · sk prezývka (familiar, invented given name) · lo ຊື່ນ້ອຍ (familiar, invented given name) · th ชื่อเล่น (familiar, invented given name) · lb Spëtznumm (familiar, invented given name) · tg лақаб (familiar, invented given name) · scn nciuria (familiar, shortened or diminutive name) · sq nofkë (familiar, invented given name) · fi lempinimi (familiar, invented given name) · pl przydomek (familiar, invented given name) · pt alcunha (familiar, invented given name) · bo གཅེས་མིང (familiar, invented given name) · be мяну́шка (familiar, invented given name) · sw jina la utani (familiar, shortened or diminutive name) · ko 별명 (familiar, invented given name) · nds-de Ökelnoom (familiar, invented given name) · is viðurnefni (familiar, shortened or diminutive name) · fa-ira کُنْیِه (familiar, invented given name) · ru про́звище (familiar, invented given name) · pl nick (familiar, invented given name) · ka ზედმეტსახელი (familiar, invented given name) · br moranv (familiar, invented given name) · es sobrenombre (familiar, invented given name) · tr san (familiar, shortened or diminutive name) · ba ҡушамат (familiar, shortened or diminutive name) · scn suprannomu (familiar, invented given name) · da øgenavn (familiar, invented given name) · cmn 外號 /外号 (familiar, invented given name) · pt apelido (familiar, invented given name) · fi lisänimi (familiar, shortened or diminutive name) · be клі́чка (familiar, invented given name) · az ləqəb (familiar, invented given name) · is auknefni (familiar, shortened or diminutive name) · cy glasenw (familiar, shortened or diminutive name) · cmn 綽號 /绰号 (familiar, invented given name) · ru прозва́ние (familiar, invented given name) · hi लक़ब (familiar, invented given name) · id panggilan (familiar, invented given name) · ky ат (familiar, invented given name) · cy glasenw (familiar, invented given name) · nb økenavn (familiar, invented given name) · sv tillnamn (familiar, shortened or diminutive name) · wa sobriket (familiar, invented given name) · gd far-ainm (familiar, invented given name) · mk пре́кар (familiar, invented given name) · ka შერქმეული სახელი (familiar, invented given name) · nb kjælenavn (familiar, invented given name) · wa spot (familiar, invented given name) · fr sobriquet (familiar, invented given name) · sv binamn (familiar, shortened or diminutive name) · hi उपनाम (familiar, invented given name) · bg умали́телно и́ме (familiar, shortened or diminutive name) · es chapa (familiar, invented given name) · ast alcuñu (familiar, invented given name) · be на́звішча (familiar, invented given name) · grc ἐπωνυμία (familiar, invented given name) · kk ат (familiar, invented given name) · hy մականուն (familiar, invented given name) · ka მეტსახელი (familiar, invented given name) · it soprannome (familiar, invented given name) · et hüüdnimi (familiar, invented given name) · ja 愛称 (familiar, invented given name) · ar اِسْم الدَّلَع (familiar, invented given name) · gd leth-ainm (familiar, invented given name) · tr lakap (familiar, shortened or diminutive name) · de Spitzname (familiar, invented given name) · ja 綽名 (familiar, invented given name)