"hypocoristic" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˌhaɪpəkəˈɹɪstɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hypocoristic.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more hypocoristic [comparative], most hypocoristic [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪstɪk Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὑποκοριστικός (hupokoristikós), from ὑποκορίζομαι (hupokorízomai, “I speak in the language of children”), from ὑπό (hupó, “below”) + κορίζομαι (korízomai, “I act like a girl”), from κόρη (kórē, “girl”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|ὑποκοριστικός}} Ancient Greek ὑποκοριστικός (hupokoristikós), {{m|grc|ὑποκορίζομαι||I speak in the language of children}} ὑποκορίζομαι (hupokorízomai, “I speak in the language of children”), {{m|grc|ὑπό||below}} ὑπό (hupó, “below”), {{m|grc|κορίζομαι||I act like a girl}} κορίζομαι (korízomai, “I act like a girl”), {{m|grc|κόρη||girl}} κόρη (kórē, “girl”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} hypocoristic (comparative more hypocoristic, superlative most hypocoristic)
  1. Relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy with the person. Categories (topical): Onomastics Translations (relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy): ὑποκοριστικός (hupokoristikós) (Ancient Greek), hipocorístic (Catalan), 表示親愛的 (Chinese Mandarin), 表示亲爱的 (biǎoshì qīn'ài de) (Chinese Mandarin), 暱稱的 (Chinese Mandarin), 昵称的 (nìchēng de) (Chinese Mandarin), 表愛的 (Chinese Mandarin), 表爱的 (biǎo'ài de) (Chinese Mandarin), hypocoristisch (Dutch), hypocoristique (French), hipocorístico [masculine] (Galician), hypokoristisch (German), becéző (Hungarian), bece- (Hungarian), becenévi (Hungarian), kicsinyítő (Hungarian), hipokorisztikus (Hungarian), ಮುದ್ದುಹೆಸರಿನಂಥ (mudduhesarinantha) (Kannada), hipocorístico (Portuguese), гипокористи́ческий (gipokoristíčeskij) (Russian), ласка́тельный (laskátelʹnyj) (Russian), уменьши́тельный (umenʹšítelʹnyj) (Russian), уменьши́тельно-ласка́тельный (umenʹšítelʹno-laskátelʹnyj) (Russian), hipocorístico (Spanish), пестли́вий (pestlývyj) (Ukrainian), зме́ншувально-пестли́вий (zménšuvalʹno-pestlývyj) (Ukrainian), היפּאָקאָריסטיק (hipokoristik) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-hypocoristic-en-adj-UOQRfzW4 Disambiguation of Onomastics: 43 10 48 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 9 46 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 48 8 44 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 46 10 45 Disambiguation of 'relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy': 90 10
  2. Relating to baby talk.
    Sense id: en-hypocoristic-en-adj-nutNIPso
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: hypocorism, hypocoristical, hypocoristically

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌhaɪpəkəˈɹɪstɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hypocoristic.wav [Southern-England] Forms: hypocoristics [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪstɪk Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὑποκοριστικός (hupokoristikós), from ὑποκορίζομαι (hupokorízomai, “I speak in the language of children”), from ὑπό (hupó, “below”) + κορίζομαι (korízomai, “I act like a girl”), from κόρη (kórē, “girl”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|ὑποκοριστικός}} Ancient Greek ὑποκοριστικός (hupokoristikós), {{m|grc|ὑποκορίζομαι||I speak in the language of children}} ὑποκορίζομαι (hupokorízomai, “I speak in the language of children”), {{m|grc|ὑπό||below}} ὑπό (hupó, “below”), {{m|grc|κορίζομαι||I act like a girl}} κορίζομαι (korízomai, “I act like a girl”), {{m|grc|κόρη||girl}} κόρη (kórē, “girl”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} hypocoristic (plural hypocoristics)
  1. A nickname, especially one indicating intimacy and formed through a shortening of the original name. Categories (topical): Onomastics Related terms: endearing, term of endearment Translations (nickname, especially one indicating intimacy and formed through shortening of the original name): hipocorístic (Catalan), lempinimi (Finnish), becenév (Hungarian), ipocoristico [masculine] (Italian), hipocorístico [masculine] (Portuguese), хипокорѝстик [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), hipokorìstik [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), hipocorístico (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-hypocoristic-en-noun-g~t9881e Disambiguation of Onomastics: 43 10 48 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 9 46 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 48 8 44 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 46 10 45

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      "lang": "Hungarian",
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
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      "word": "kicsinyítő"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "nickname, especially one indicating intimacy and formed through shortening of the original name",
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    },
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "nickname, especially one indicating intimacy and formed through shortening of the original name",
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    },
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "nickname, especially one indicating intimacy and formed through shortening of the original name",
      "word": "becenév"
    },
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      "sense": "nickname, especially one indicating intimacy and formed through shortening of the original name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "sense": "nickname, especially one indicating intimacy and formed through shortening of the original name",
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        "masculine"
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      "sense": "nickname, especially one indicating intimacy and formed through shortening of the original name",
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    },
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "nickname, especially one indicating intimacy and formed through shortening of the original name",
      "word": "hipocorístico"
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