nickname

Significado (Inglés)

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. A familiar, shortened or diminutive name for a person or thing.

Verb

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

Conceptos

apodo

sobrenombre

mote

apodar

motejar

alias

chapa Peru

mal nombre

designación de las cuadrículas de un mapa

apelativo

remoquete

chapa

seudónimo

irritar

renombrar

cognomen

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈnɪkneɪm/

Etimología (Inglés)

From Middle English nekename, 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.
For other similar cases of incorrect division, see also apron, daffodil, newt, orange, umpire.

Oraciones

During this time , he earned his nickname " Egg in a bun ".

Durante este tiempo, obtuvo su apodo "Egg in a Bun".