different between nickname vs middlename
nickname
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)
- 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.
- 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)
- (transitive) To give a nickname to (a person or thing).
Translations
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middlename
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