Meaning

1 senses

  1. To give a nickname to (a person or thing).

    Gerald, nicknamed "Jerry", was usually a very cheerful person.

    прозыва́тьprozyvátʹ, прозва́тьprozvátʹ, крести́тьkrestítʹ

    прозива́тиprozyváty, прозва́тиprozváty

    give a nickname to

Examples

164 sentences

  1. I 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

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  2. Do you have a nickname?

    Ти маєш якесь прізвисько? — deniko

    ruУ тебя есть ник? — odexed

    deHast du einen Spitznamen? — al_ex_an_der

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  3. What's your nickname?

    Яке в тебе прізвисько? — deniko

    ruКакой у тебя ник? — odexed

    deWas ist dein Spitzname? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. How did you get that nickname?

    deWie bist du denn zu dem Spitznamen gekommen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. Tom said I needed a nickname.

    ruТом сказал, что мне нужно прозвище. — sharptoothed

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to give a nickname to:
Русский
By meaning 1
to give a nickname to:

Origin

From Middle English neke name, alteration (due to a rebracketing of an ekename as a nekena

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.

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Forms

nicknames, nicknaming, nicknamed, nicknamed
Base formnickname · to nickname
3rd person singularnicknames
Present participlenicknaming
Past simplenicknamed
Past participlenicknamed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theynickname
he, she, itnicknames

Past simpleLesson

all personsnicknamed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave nicknamed
he, she, ithas nicknamed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill nickname

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • give a nickname to:dub

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
nicknickelnicotinenieceB1
nickname — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto