Dictionary

sobriquet en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• ʹsōbrĭkĕt (US)
• /ˈsoʊ.bɹɪ.kɛt/ (US)
• ʹsōbrĭkā (US)
• (US) audio
• /ˈsəʊ.bɹɪ.keɪ/ (UK)
• (US) audio
• /ˈsoʊ.bɹɪ.keɪ/ (US)

Etymology

Borrowed from French sobriquet (“nickname”), from Middle French soubriquet (“a chuck under the chin”).

Meanings

1. A familiar name for a person or thing; a nickname (sometimes assumed by the person, but often given by others) that is descriptive.
   • “The Bard” is a sobriquet of English playwright William Shakespeare.
   • Tight quickly became a Jumeirah Jane—a sobriquet used as a caricature for non-working foreign women who live in Jumeirah, a posh part of the city, and spent their time driving kids to and from schools, shopping or meeting one another for lunch. 2011, Pranay Gupte, Dubai: The Making of a Megapolis, Penguin Books India, →ISBN, page 344:
   • They turned out to be speedy machines and earned the sobriquet "Greyhounds", giving excellent performances on the Exeter run. 1951 November, David R. Webb, “The Drummond 4-4-0 Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 774:
   • So began the memorable paper-chase for an extremely nebulous shop-assistant and a foreigner whose description began and ended with the sobriquet 'Peter the Italian'. 1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:
   • The sobriquet of Johnny Appleseed attached to him, though his real name was Chapman, in consequence of his being ever engaged in gathering and planting appleseed and cultivating nurseries of apple trees. 1862, A. Banning Norton, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

Forms

Deriveds

sobriquetical

Synonyms

cognomen · nickname · to-name · byname · moniker

Translations (28)

gl estripote (familiar name for a person or thing) · gd frith-ainm (familiar name for a person or thing) · pl przydomek (familiar name for a person or thing) · ru прозва́ние (familiar name for a person or thing) · sh на́димак (familiar name for a person or thing) · fi lempinimi (familiar name for a person or thing) · de Beiname (familiar name for a person or thing) · gl lumiada (familiar name for a person or thing) · gl nomeada (familiar name for a person or thing) · io surnomacho (familiar name for a person or thing) · el χαϊδευτικό (familiar name for a person or thing) · lv iesauka (familiar name for a person or thing) · ru про́звище (familiar name for a person or thing) · pl przezwisko (familiar name for a person or thing) · gl alcuño (familiar name for a person or thing) · mk пре́кар (familiar name for a person or thing) · ota لقب (familiar name for a person or thing) · nl bijnaam (familiar name for a person or thing) · fr sobriquet (familiar name for a person or thing) · de Spitzname (familiar name for a person or thing) · es sobrenombre (familiar name for a person or thing) · cs přezdívka (familiar name for a person or thing) · lv palama (familiar name for a person or thing) · gl alcume (familiar name for a person or thing) · sh nádimak (familiar name for a person or thing) · bg прякор (familiar name for a person or thing) · pt alcunha (familiar name for a person or thing) · fr surnom familier (familiar name for a person or thing)