From en.wiktionary.org:
[Nickname]
** English
[wikipedia]
*** Etymology
From [en], alteration (due to a [rebracketing] of _an ekename_ as _a
nekename_) of earlier [enm], from [enm] + [enm].[1] Compare [non], [non],
[non], [fo], [da], [nn], [sv], and [nds-de].
For other similar cases of incorrect division, see also [en], [en], [en],
[en], [en]. [en]
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. 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.
2. * [edition=1st]
3. * [en]
4. A familiar, shortened or diminutive name for a person or thing.
**** Usage notes
Nicknames are often given in quotation marks between the first and last names.
For example: Sammy "The Bull" Gravano.
**** Synonyms
- [familiar invented given name] [en] , [en] , [en] , [en] ; [en] [literary] ; [en] [historical, literary, or humorous; uncommon] ; [en] , [en] [obsolete]
**** Hyponyms
- [familiar invented given name] [en] , [en] [affectionate nicknames] ; _see_ [en] [invented names used alongside the actual name]
**** Descendants
- [de]
- [ja]
- [ko]
- [ru]
**** Translations
[familiar, invented given name]
- Afrikaans: [af] , [af]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Arabic: [ar] , [ar] , [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Bashkir: [ba]
- Belarusian: [be] , [be] , [be] , [be] [Taraškievica]
- Bengali: [bn]
- Bikol Central: [bcl]
- Breton: [br]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da] , [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo] , [eo]
- Estonian: [et]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl]
- Georgian: [ka] , [ka] , [ka]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he] , [he]
- Hindi: [hi] , [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Ido: [io]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Irish: [ga] , [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja] , [ja] , [ja] , [ja]
- Kazakh: [kk] , [kk] , [kk]
- Khmer: [km]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko] , [ko]
- Kurdish:
- Kyrgyz: [ky] , [ky]
- Lao: [lo]
- Latin: [la] , [la]
- Latvian: [lv] , [lv]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Louisiana Creole: [lou]
- Low German:
- Luxembourgish: [lb]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Maltese: [mt]
- Maori: [mi]
- Mongolian:
- Norwegian:
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota]
- Pashto: [ps]
- Persian:
- Plautdietsch: [pdt]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl] , [pl] , [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [Brazil] [pt] , [Portugal] [pt] < !-- I think that apelido in portugal has another meaning -->
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] [pseudonym] , [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd] , [gd] , [gd] , [gd] , [gd]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Sicilian: [Both individual or family nickname] [scn] , [scn]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl] , [sl]
- Sorbian:
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] , [Bolivia] [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swahili: [sw] , [sw]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv] [a derogatory nickname]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Tajik: [tg] , [tg] , [tg]
- Tatar: [tt]
- Thai: [th]
- Tibetan: [bo] [pejorative] , [bo] [endearing]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk] [colloquial]
- Urdu: [ur] , [ur]
- Uyghur: [ug]
- Uzbek: [uz]
- Walloon: [wa] , [wa] , [wa] , [wa]
- Welsh: [cy] , [cy]
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[byname]
- Afrikaans: [af] , [af]
- Bashkir: [ba]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Danish: [da] , [da]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Icelandic: [is] , [is] , [is]
- Middle English: [enm] , [enm]
- Norwegian:
- Polish: [pl]
- Sicilian: [scn] , [scn]
- Swahili: [sw] , [sw]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr] , [tr]
- Turkmen: [tk]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Urdu: [ur]
- Uzbek: [uz]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
- Volapük: [vo]
- Welsh: [cy] , [cy]
- West Coast Bajau: [bdr]
- Wolof: [wo]
- Yámana: [yag]
- Yiddish: [yi]
- Yucatec Maya: [yua]
- Yup'ik: [esu]
- Zazaki: [zza]
- Zhuang: [za]
- Zulu: [zu]
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- Esperanto: [eo] , [eo]
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*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To give a nickname to (a person or thing).
**** Translations
[to give a nickname to]
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Bikol Central: [bcl] , [bcl]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Georgian: [ka] , [ka]
- Greek: [el]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Ido: [io]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] [Honduras]
- Ukrainian: [uk] [impf.] , [uk] [pf.]
- Walloon: [wa] , [wa] , [wa] , [wa]
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**** References
References:
[1]. [en ]
[en]