nickname
A familiar, invented name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the…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.
Meaning
2 sensesA 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.
"The Big Apple" is a common nickname for New York City.
Spitzname
кли́чкаklíčka, про́звищеprózvišče, псевдони́мpsevdoním
прі́звиськоprízvysʹko, кли́чкаklýčka
a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)
A familiar, shortened or diminutive name for a person or thing.
My name is Jonathan, but I go by my nickname, Johnny.
Beiname
a descriptive name for a place or thing
Examples
164 sentencesI didn't know Tom had a nickname.
Я не знав, що у Тома є прізвисько. — deniko
ruЯ не знал, что у Тома есть псевдоним. — odexed
Do you have a nickname?
Ти маєш якесь прізвисько? — deniko
ruУ тебя есть ник? — odexed
deHast du einen Spitznamen? — al_ex_an_der
What's your nickname?
Яке в тебе прізвисько? — deniko
ruКакой у тебя ник? — odexed
deWas ist dein Spitzname? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
How did you get that nickname?
deWie bist du denn zu dem Spitznamen gekommen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom said I needed a nickname.
ruТом сказал, что мне нужно прозвище. — sharptoothed
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English neke name, alteration (due to a rebracketing of an ekename as a nekenaFrom 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.
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Forms
plural: nicknamesSynonyms
10 synonymsWord family
5 related wordsSee also
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