different between nickname vs jupe

English

Etymology

From Middle English nekename, alteration (due to a rebracketing of an ekename as a nekename) of earlier ekename (“nickname”), from eke (“also, additional”) + name (“name”). Compare Old Norse aukanafn, auknafn, auknefni (“nickname”), Danish øgenavn (“nickname”), and German Low German Ökelname (“nickname”).

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?kne?m/

Noun

nickname (plural nicknames)

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.

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): handle, hypocoristic, moniker, nick, sobriquet, pet name

Descendants

• ? German: Nickname
• ? Japanese: ?????? (nikkun?mu)

Translations

Verb

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

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

Translations

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English jupe, from Middle French jupe. Doublet of jubbah.

Pronunciation

• enPR: zho?op, IPA^(key): /?u?p/

Noun

jupe (plural jupes)

1. A style of skirt.
2. A style of short jacket, usually for a woman or child.

Related terms

• jupe panel

Etymology 2

Apparently named after an EFnet user called Jupiter who did this to NickServ

Pronunciation

• enPR: jo?op, IPA^(key): /d??u?p/

Noun

jupe (plural jupes)

1. (IRC) A block placed on a server, nickname or channel

Verb

jupe (third-person singular simple present jupes, present participle juping, simple past and past participle juped)

1. (IRC) To block a server (from joining the network), a nickname or channel (from being used).

See also

• g-line
• k-line

French

Etymology

From Middle French jupe, from Old Italian giubba, from Arabic ??????? (jubba, “long garment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?yp/

Noun

jupe f (plural jupes)

1. skirt

Derived terms

• jupette
• jupon
• minijupe

Descendants

• ? Egyptian Arabic: ????? (ž?ba)
• ? German: Jupe
• ? Luxembourgish: Jupe
• ? Spanish: chupa
  • ? Galician: chupa

Further reading

• “jupe” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle English

Alternative forms

• joupe, gype, jowpe

Etymology

From Middle French jupe, from Old Italian giubba, from Arabic ??????? (jubba, “long garment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?iu?p(?)/, /?d?u?p(?)/

Noun

jupe

1. A coat or tunic worn loosely.

Related terms

• jupon

Descendants

• English: jupe
  • ? English: jump
    • ? English: jumper (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: juip

References

• “j?pe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-16.