nickname

Reikšmė (anglų kalba)

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).

Tariama kaip (IPA)

/ˈnɪkneɪm/

Etimologija (anglų kalba)

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.

Sakiniai

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

Per tą laiką jis uždirbo savo slapyvardį „Egg in Bun“.