"sobriquet" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsəʊ.bɹɪ.keɪ/ [UK], /ˈsoʊ.bɹɪ.keɪ/ [US], /ˈsoʊ.bɹɪ.kɛt/ [US] Audio: en-us-sobriquet.ogg [US], en-us-sobriquet-2.ogg [US] Forms: sobriquets [plural]
enPR: ʹsōbrĭkā Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: Borrowed from French sobriquet (“nickname”), from Middle French soubriquet (“a chuck under the chin”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|sobriquet||nickname}} French sobriquet (“nickname”), {{der|en|frm|soubriquet||a chuck under the chin}} Middle French soubriquet (“a chuck under the chin”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} sobriquet (plural sobriquets)
  1. A familiar name for a person or thing; a nickname (sometimes assumed by the person, but often given by others), that is descriptive. Wikipedia link: sobriquet Categories (topical): Onomastics Synonyms: cognomen, moniker, nickname, byname, to-name, soubriquet Translations (familiar name for a person or thing): прякор (prjakor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), přezdívka [feminine] (Czech), bijnaam (Dutch), lempinimi (Finnish), sobriquet [masculine] (French), surnom familier [masculine] (French), alcume [masculine] (Galician), alcuño [masculine] (Galician), estripote [masculine] (Galician), lumiada [feminine] (Galician), nomeada [feminine] (Galician), Beiname [masculine] (German), Spitzname [masculine] (German), χαϊδευτικό (chaïdeftikó) [neuter] (Greek), surnomacho (Ido), пре́кар (prékar) [masculine] (Macedonian), przydomek [masculine] (Polish), przezwisko [neuter] (Polish), alcunha [feminine] (Portuguese), про́звище (prózvišče) [neuter] (Russian), прозва́ние (prozvánije) [neuter] (Russian), frith-ainm [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), на́димак [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), nádimak [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), sobrenombre [masculine] (Spanish)

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