English
Noun
pet name (plural pet names)
- A nickname, especially a name used by those in love with one another.
- Synonyms: hypocorism, nickname
My boyfriend won't let me call him by his pet name, Pookie, in public.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pet, name.
Translations
name of endearment
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 愛稱 / 爱称 (zh) (àichēng), 昵稱 (zh) (nìchēng), 小名 (zh) (xiǎomíng)
- Danish: kælenavn n
- Dutch: koosnaam (nl) m, troetelnaam (nl) m, vleinaam (nl) m
- Esperanto: karesnomo
- Finnish: lempinimi (fi), kutsumanimi (fi)
- French: petit nom (fr) m
- Georgian: საალერსო სახელი (saalerso saxeli), კნინობითი სახელი (ḳninobiti saxeli)
- German: Kosename (de) m, Lallname m
- Greek:
- Ancient: ὑποκόρισμα n (hupokórisma), ὑποκοριστικόν n (hupokoristikón)
- Japanese: 愛称 (ja) (あいしょう, aishō), ペットネーム (pettonēmu)
- Korean: please add this translation if you can
- Macedonian: нагалено име n (nagaleno ime)
- Malay: nama timang-timangan, nama manja
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: kallenavn (no) n, kjælenavn n
- Nynorsk: kallenamn n, kjælenamn n
- Polish: pieszczotliwe przezwisko n
- Russian: ласка́тельное и́мя n (laskátelʹnoje ímja), уменьши́тельное и́мя f (umenʹšítelʹnoje ímja)
- Swedish: smeknamn (sv) n
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See also
Further reading
- “pet name”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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