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"antonyms": [
{
"source": "Thesaurus:given name",
"word": "surname"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "given names",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "given name (plural given names)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "75 25",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "49 51",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Onomastics",
"orig": "en:Onomastics",
"parents": [
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"Names",
"Language",
"Social sciences",
"All topics",
"Proper nouns",
"Terms by semantic function",
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"Sciences",
"Society",
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}
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "2004, Gwyneth Olofsson, When in Rome or Rio or Riyadh...: Cultural Q&As for Successful Business Behavior Around the World, page 17",
"text": "Japan: Use family names first, followed by given names, but be aware that some may introduce themselves to Westerners with their given name first.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2008, Emma Woo Louie, Him Mark Lai, Chinese American Names: Tradition and Transition, page 89",
"text": "This may explain why some Chinese Americans write their Chinese name backwards. For example, the Chinese characters to Ching Tien Chay′s name show that his given name is really Tien Ching.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2011, Anne Myers, Christine H. Hansen, Experimental Psychology, page 296",
"text": "In one experiment, the researchers had people rate the characteristics of people with various given names or nicknames.[…]A person with a nickname like Liz, for example, would probably be rated as friendlier and more popular than a person with the given name Elizabeth, but Elizabeth would probably be rated more intelligent and trustworthy.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A personal name chosen for a child, usually by their parents."
],
"id": "en-given_name-en-noun-nLDXQWeh",
"links": [
[
"personal name",
"personal name"
],
[
"chosen",
"chosen"
],
[
"child",
"child"
],
[
"usually",
"usually"
],
[
"parent",
"parent"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "voornaam"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ism",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "اِسْم"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "anun",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "անուն"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "tay",
"lang": "Atayal",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "lalu"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "isem",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "исем"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "ímja",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "і́мя"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kentanv"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "anv-badez"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sóbstveno íme",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "со́бствено и́ме"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "íme",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "и́ме"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nom"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "míng",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "名"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "míngzi",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "名字"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "jméno"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "křestní jméno"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "fornavn"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "voornaam"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "roepnaam"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "nomo"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "persona nomo"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "eesnimi"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "fornavn"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "etunimi"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "prénom"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "petit nom"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nom de baptême"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "nome"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "saxeli",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "სახელი"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Vorname"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Modern Greek",
"roman": "mikró ónoma",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "μικρό όνομα"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Modern Greek",
"roman": "mikró",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "μικρό"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "shem pratí",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "שֵׁם פְּרָטִי"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "utónév"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "keresztnév"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "prenomo"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "nama depan"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "prenomine"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "prime nomine"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nome"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nome di battesimo"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nome proprio"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"alt": "なまえ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "namae",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "名前"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "chmʊəh",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "ឈ្មោះ"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ireum",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "이름"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "ısım",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "ысым"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "at",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "ат"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "praenōmen"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "lično ime",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "лично име"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "íme",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "и́ме"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "nama pertama"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ennym bashtee"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "ingoa karanga"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "ingoa kārangaranga"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "zdj",
"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "ismu"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "fornavn"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pitit nom"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "nâm",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "نام"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "imię"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "prenome"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nome"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "primeiro nome"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nome próprio"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nome de batismo"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "prenume"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "nume de botez"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ímja",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "и́мя"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ainm-baistidh"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
"roman": "mul nama",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "මුල් නම"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "meno"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "krstné meno"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ime"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nombre"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "nombre propio"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nombre de pila"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "förnamn"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "tilltalsnamn"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "isim"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "ad"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "küçük ad"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "ön ad"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "imʺjá",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ім'я́"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "isim",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "ئىسىم"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "at",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "ئات"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "nam",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "نام"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "tên"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "tên gọi"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"Christian"
],
"word": "tên thánh"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "tên chính"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "tên riêng"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "pösodanem"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "49 51",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Onomastics",
"orig": "en:Onomastics",
"parents": [
"Linguistics",
"Names",
"Language",
"Social sciences",
"All topics",
"Proper nouns",
"Terms by semantic function",
"Communication",
"Sciences",
"Society",
"Fundamental",
"Nouns",
"Lemmas"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"coordinate_terms": [
{
"_dis1": "29 71",
"word": "alias"
},
{
"_dis1": "29 71",
"word": "assumed name"
},
{
"_dis1": "29 71",
"word": "epithet"
},
{
"_dis1": "29 71",
"word": "family name"
},
{
"_dis1": "29 71",
"word": "hypocorism"
},
{
"_dis1": "29 71",
"word": "last name"
},
{
"_dis1": "29 71",
"word": "legal name"
},
{
"_dis1": "29 71",
"word": "middle name"
},
{
"_dis1": "29 71",
"word": "nickname"
},
{
"_dis1": "29 71",
"word": "nom de guerre"
},
{
"_dis1": "29 71",
"word": "nom de plume"
},
{
"_dis1": "29 71",
"word": "pen name"
},
{
"_dis1": "29 71",
"word": "pet name"
},
{
"_dis1": "29 71",
"word": "screen name"
},
{
"_dis1": "29 71",
"word": "stage name"
},
{
"_dis1": "29 71",
"word": "surname"
},
{
"_dis1": "29 71",
"word": "user name"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2017, Greta Gerwig (scriptwriter), Lady Bird",
"text": "Professor: Lady Bird, is that your given name?\nChristine \"Lady Bird\" McPherson: Yeah.\nProfessor: Why is it in quotes?\nChristine \"Lady Bird\" McPherson: I gave it to myself, it’s given to me by me."
}
],
"glosses": [
"A name bestowed by oneself or another, as opposed to the name given by one's parents."
],
"holonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "29 71",
"source": "Thesaurus:given name",
"word": "full name"
}
],
"hypernyms": [
{
"_dis1": "29 71",
"english": "Egyptian pharaohs",
"word": "nomen"
},
{
"_dis1": "29 71",
"english": "ancient Romans",
"word": "praenomen"
},
{
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"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "nam",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "نام"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "tên"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "tên gọi"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"tags": [
"Christian"
],
"word": "tên thánh"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "tên chính"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "tên riêng"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "name chosen for a child by its parents",
"word": "pösodanem"
}
],
"word": "given name"
}
{
"called_from": "parser/1336",
"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
"path": [
"given name"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "given name",
"trace": ""
}
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