nickname

Signification (Anglais)

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).

Concepts

surnom

sobriquet

nom

surnommer

pseudonyme

alias

baptiser

baptême de terrain

baptême des carrés d’une carte

renom

signature

fréquence repliée

nom de guerre

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈnɪkneɪm/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.

Phrases

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

Pendant ce temps, il a gagné son surnom "Egg in a Bun".