English-Thai Dictionary

nickname

N ชื่อเล่น  สมญานาม  สมญา  appellation cognomen name chue-lean

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NICKNAME

n.[G. To banter. Signifies to surname, to call by a name of reproach. ] A name given in contempt, derision or reproach; an opprobrious appellation.

 

NICKNAME

v.t.To give a name of reproach; to call by an opprobrious appellation. You nickname virtue vice.

 

NICKNAMED

pp. Named in derision.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

NICKNAME

Nick "name `, n. Etym: [OE. ekename surname, hence, a nickname, an ekename being understood as a nekename, influenced also by E. nick, v. See Eke, and Name. ]

 

Defn: A name given in contempt, derision, or sportive familiarity; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation.

 

NICKNAME

Nick "name `, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nicknamed; p. pr. & vb. n.Nicknaming. ]

 

Defn: To give a nickname to; to call by a nickname. You nickname virtue; vice you should have spoke. Shak. I altogether disclaim what has been nicknamed the doctrine of finality. Macaulay.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

nickname

nick name |ˈnikˌnām ˈnɪkˌneɪm | ▶noun a familiar or humorous name given to a person or thing instead of or as well as the real name. ▶verb [ with obj. and complement ] give a nickname to; call by a nickname: his fraternity brothers nicknamed him “The Bird ” because of his skydiving skills. ORIGIN late Middle English: from an eke-name ( eke meaning ‘addition ’: see eke 2 ), misinterpreted, by wrong division, as a neke name .

 

Oxford Dictionary

nickname

nick |name |ˈnɪkneɪm | ▶noun a familiar or humorous name given to a person or thing instead of or as well as the real name. ▶verb [ with obj. and complement ] give a nickname to: an area nicknamed Sniper's Alley. ORIGIN late Middle English: from an eke-name ( eke meaning ‘addition ’: see eke 2 ), misinterpreted, by wrong division, as a neke name .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

nickname

nickname noun 'Bambi' is the nickname my sister gave me when I was a baby: sobriquet, byname, tag, label, epithet, cognomen; pet name, diminutive, endearment; informal moniker; formal appellation.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

nickname

nickname noun sobriquet, byname, tag, label, familiar name, epithet; pet name, diminutive, term of endearment, endearment, affectionate name; informal moniker; formal appellation, cognomen; archaic byword, agnomen, eke-name, to-name.

 

Duden Dictionary

Nickname

Nick na me Substantiv, maskulin EDV , der |N i ckname auch ˈnɪkneɪm |der Nickname; Genitiv: des Nicknamens, Plural: die Nicknamen und (bei englischer Aussprache: ) Nickname [s ], Nicknames englisch nickname = Spitzname < mittelenglisch nekename, fälschlich gebildet aus: an eke name = ein zusätzlicher Name selbst gewähltes Pseudonym, unter dem jemand im Internet (z. B. in Chatrooms oder Newsgroups ) auftritt Kurzform: Nick sich einen Nickname ausdenken

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

nickname

nick name /nɪ́knèɪm /〖語源は 「付け加えた名 」〗名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 1 «…に対する /…という » ニックネーム , あだ名 «for /of » (!人以外に物 場所にも用いる ) ▸ earn the nickname A Aというあだ名がつけられる 2 «…に対する /…という » 愛称 «for /of » (!first nameの変形による親しみを込めた呼称; →name 事情 ) ▸ Jim is a nickname for James .ジムはジェイムズの愛称である 動詞 他動詞 1 〖通例be ～d C 〗〈人 物などが 〉 «…にちなんで » Cとあだ名をつけられる ; Cという愛称で呼ばれる «for » ▸ The thief was nicknamed “Spiderman ” for his wall-climbing skills .その泥棒は巧みに壁をよじ登ることから 「スパイダーマン 」というあだ名がついた 2 ｟古 ｠…を間違った [不適切な ]名で呼ぶ, 誤称する .