Nickname

Nick′nameˊ

,

Verb.

T.

[

imp. & p. p.

Nicknamed

(#)

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Nicknaming

.]

To give a nickname to; to call by a nickname.

You

nickname

virtue; vice you should have spoke.

Shakespeare

I altogether disclaim what has been

nicknamed

the doctrine of finality.

Macaulay.

Nickname

NICKNAME

,

Noun.

[G. To banter. Signifies to surname, to call by a name of reproach.] A name given in contempt, derision or reproach; an opprobrious appellation.

NICKNAME

,

Verb.

T.

To give a name of reproach; to call by an opprobrious appellation.

You nickname virtue vice.

Nickname

See also: nickname

German

Noun

Nickname m ‎(genitive Nicknames or Nicknamen, plural Nickmames or Nicknamen)

(computing) nickname in the sense of screenname, handle

nickname

See also: Nickname

English

Noun

nickname ‎(plural nicknames)

A familiar, invented given name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing.
A kind of byname that describes a person by a characteristic of that person.

Synonyms

(familiar invented given name): handle, hypocoristic, moniker, nick, sobriquet, pet name
(byname): antonomasia, byname, cognomen

Translations

familiar, invented given name

Arabic: لَقَب m ‎(laqab), كُنْيَة f ‎(kunya), اِسْم اَلدَّلَع m ‎(ism ad-dalaʿ)
Armenian: մականուն (hy) ‎(makanun)
Catalan: sobrenom m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 綽號 (zh), 绰号 (zh) ‎(chuòhào), 外號 (zh), 外号 (zh) ‎(wàihào)
Czech: přezdívka (cs) f
Danish: øgenavn n, kælenavn n
Dutch: bijnaam (nl)
Estonian: hüüdnimi
Finnish: lempinimi
French: surnom (fr) m
Galician: alcume (gl) m, alcuño m
Georgian: მეტსახელი ‎(meṭsaxeli), ზედმეტსახელი ‎(zedmeṭsaxeli)
German: Spitzname (de) m
Greek: παρατσούκλι (el) n ‎(paratsoúkli)
Hebrew: כִּינּוּי חִיבָּה, שֵׁם לווַאי
Hungarian: becenév (hu)
Icelandic: gælunafn (is) n
Ido: surnomacho (io)
Italian: soprannome (it) m
Japanese: 愛称 (ja) ‎(aishō), ニックネーム ‎(nikkunēmu), 渾名 ‎(あだな, adana), 綽名 ‎(あだな, adana), 綽号 ‎(しゃくごう, shakugō)
Korean: 애칭 (ko) ‎(aeching), 별명 (ko) ‎(byeolmyeong)
Lao: ຊື່ນ້ອຍ ‎(sư̄n 'a nya)

Latin: cognomen m
Low German:
German Low German: Ökelnaam m, Ökelnoom m
Luxembourgish: Spëtznumm m
Macedonian: прекар m ‎(prékar)
Maltese: laqam
Maori: ingoa kārangaranga
Norwegian: kallenavn (no) n
Persian: لقب (fa) ‎(laqab), کنیه (fa) ‎(konye), پاژنام ‎(pâžnâm)
Portuguese: (Brazil) apelido (pt) m, (Portugal) alcunha (pt) m
Romanian: poreclă (ro) f
Russian: кли́чка (ru) f ‎(klíčka), про́звище (ru) n ‎(prózvišče), псевдони́м (ru) m ‎(psevdoním) (pseudonym)
Serbo-Croatian: nadimak (sh) m
Spanish: apodo (es) m, mote (es) m, sobrenombre (es) m, (Bolivia, Peru) chapa (es) f
Swahili: msimbo (sw)
Swedish: smeknamn (sv) n, öknamn (sv) n (a deregatory nickname)
Tagalog: palayaw
Thai: ชื่อเล่น ‎(chêu-lên)
Ukrainian: прі́звисько n ‎(prízvysʹko), кли́чка f ‎(klýčka) (colloq.)
Vietnamese: tên hiệu (vi)
Walloon: såvaedje no (wa) m, spot (wa) m, sobriket (wa) m, sobricot (wa) m

byname

Danish: tilnavn n, øgenavn n
Finnish: liikanimi (fi), lisänimi
German: Beiname (de) m
Norwegian:

Bokmål: tilnavn n

Nynorsk: tilnamn n

Polish: przezwisko (pl) n
Swahili: msimbo (sw)
Swedish: tillnamn (sv) n, binamn n

Verb

nickname ‎(third-person singular simple present nicknames, present participle nicknaming, simple past and past participle nicknamed)

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

Translations

to give a nickname to

Czech: přezdívat (cs)
Dutch: bijnamen (nl)
Finnish: antaa lempinimi, liikanimi (fi), lisänimi, nimetä (fi)
French: surnommer (fr)
Icelandic: uppnefna
Ido: surnomizar
Italian: soprannominare

Japanese: 渾名する ‎(あだなする, adana-suru)
Romanian: porecli (ro)
Swahili: msimbo (sw)
Ukrainian: прозива́ти ‎(prozyváty) (impf.), прозва́ти ‎(prozváty) (pf.)
Walloon: spoter (wa), sorlomer, ribatijhî (wa), batijhî (wa)

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