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nick·name  (nknm)

n.

1. A descriptive name added to or replacing the actual name of a person, place, or thing.

2. A familiar or shortened form of a proper name.

tr.v. nick·named, nick·nam·ing, nick·names

1. To give a nickname to.

2. Archaic To call by an incorrect name; misname.

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[Middle English neke name, from a neke name, alteration of an eke name : eke, addition (from Old English aca; see aug- in Indo-European roots) + name, name; see name.]

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nicknamer n.

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nickname

Noun

a familiar, pet, or derisory name given to a person or place

Verb

[-naming, -named]

to call (a person or place) by a nickname: Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, nicknamed Caligula [mistaken division of an ekename an additional name]

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A combination of two separate unclassified words that is assigned an unclassified meaning and is employed only for unclassified administrative, morale, or public information purposes.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	nickname - a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name); "Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph"; "Henry's nickname was Slim" byname, cognomen, moniker, sobriquet, soubriquet appellation, appellative, designation, denomination - identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
	2.	nickname - a descriptive name for a place or thing; "the nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides'" name - a language unit by which a person or thing is known; "his name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for the same thing"
Verb	1.	nickname - give a nickname to dub call, name - assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to; "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader"

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nickname

noun pet name, label, diminutive, epithet, sobriquet, familiar name, moniker or monicker (slang) handle (slang)

Translations

nickname [ˈnɪkneɪm] n → apodo, mote m

vt → apodar

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nickname [ˈnɪkneɪm] n → surnom m

vt → surnommer

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nickname [ˈnɪkneɪm] n → Spitzname m

vt → betiteln, taufen (inf)

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nickname [ˈnɪkneɪm] n → soprannome m

vt → soprannominare

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nickname

n nickname [ˈnikneim]

an informal name given in affection, admiration, dislike etc Wellington's nickname was `the Iron Duke'. bynaam, spotnaam لَقَب прякор přezdívka kælenavn; øgenavn der Spitzname παρατσούκλι apodo hüüdnimi اسم مستعار lempinimi surnom כִּינוּי उपनाम nadimak ragadványnév, gúnynév julukan viðurnefni soprannome あだ名 별명, 애칭 pravardė iesauka; palama nama timangan bijnaam kjælenavn, tilnavn przydomek alcunha poreclă прозвище; кличка prezývka vzdevek nadimak smeknamn, öknamn ชื่อเล่น takma ad, lâkap 綽號 прізвисько لقب، عرفي نام biệt danh 绰号

v

to give a nickname to We nicknamed him `Foureyes' because he wore spectacles. 'n bynaam gee يُعْطي لَقَبا измислям прякор dát přezdívku give øgenavn einen Spitznamen geben βγάζω παρατσούκλι, φωνάζω κπ. apodar hüüdnimeks panema ملقب کردن antaa lempinimi/lisänimi surnommer לְכַנוֹת उपनाम देना nadjenuti nadimak gúnynevet ad vkinek menjuluki uppnefna soprannominare あだ名をつける ...에게 별명을 붙이다 pravardžiuoti iesaukt; dot palamu menggelar een bijnaam geven gi tilnavn/økenavn przezwać alcunhar a porecli давать прозвище prezývať dati vzdevek nadenuti nadimak ge ngn smeknamnet (öknamnet) ... ตั้งชื่อเล่น ad takmak, lâkap takmak 給人起綽號 давати прізвисько, прозивати لقب دينا đặt biệt danh 给人起绰号