Synonyms for "hypocoristic" (15 found)

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Closest matches (3)

cognomendiminutiveformal

Strong matches (5)

honorificin name onlynickname

Noun(1 words)

hypocorism

Adjective(1 words)

hypocoristical

Related words (7)

nominalnominativequasiself-styledso calledtitularwould be

Related word relations

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Related terms

7 entries

endearinghypocorismhypocoristicalhypocoristicallyhypocoristiconpet nameterm of endearment

derived from

1 entries

hypocorism

related to

7 entries

baby talkhypocorismhypocoristicalhypocoristicallyintimacynicknameshorten

Translations

39 translations across 20 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries

• ὑποκοριστικός adj (relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy)

Catalan

2 entries

• hipocorístic adj (relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy)
• hipocorístic noun (nickname, especially one indicating intimacy and formed through shortening of the original name)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

• 暱稱的 /昵称的 adj (relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy)
• 表愛的 /表爱的 adj (relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy)
• 表示親愛的 /表示亲爱的 adj (relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy)

Czech

1 entries

• hypokoristikon noun (nickname, especially one indicating intimacy and formed through shortening of the original name)

Dutch

1 entries

• hypocoristisch adj (relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy)

Estonian

1 entries

• hüpokorism noun (nickname, especially one indicating intimacy and formed through shortening of the original name)

Finnish

1 entries

• lempinimi noun (nickname, especially one indicating intimacy and formed through shortening of the original name)

French

2 entries

• hypocoristique adj (relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy)
• hypocoristique noun (nickname, especially one indicating intimacy and formed through shortening of the original name)

Galician

1 entries

• hipocorístico adj (relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy)

German

3 entries

• hypokoristisch adj (relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy)
• Hypokoristikon noun (nickname, especially one indicating intimacy and formed through shortening of the original name)
• Hypokoristikum noun (nickname, especially one indicating intimacy and formed through shortening of the original name)

Greek

2 entries

• υποκοριστικός adj (relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy)
• υποκοριστικό noun (nickname, especially one indicating intimacy and formed through shortening of the original name)

Hungarian

4 entries

• bece adj (relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy)
• becenévi adj (relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy)
• becéző adj (relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy)
• hipokorisztikus adj (relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy)

Italian

1 entries

• ipocoristico noun (nickname, especially one indicating intimacy and formed through shortening of the original name)

Kannada

1 entries

• ಮುದ್ದುಹೆಸರಿನಂಥ adj (relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy)

Portuguese

2 entries

• hipocorístico adj (relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy)
• hipocorístico noun (nickname, especially one indicating intimacy and formed through shortening of the original name)

Russian

4 entries

• гипокористи́ческий adj (relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy)
• ласка́тельный adj (relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy)
• уменьши́тельно-ласка́тельный adj (relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy)
• уменьши́тельный adj (relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

• hipokorìstik noun (nickname, especially one indicating intimacy and formed through shortening of the original name)
• хипокорѝстик noun (nickname, especially one indicating intimacy and formed through shortening of the original name)

Spanish

2 entries

• hipocorístico adj (relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy)
• hipocorístico noun (nickname, especially one indicating intimacy and formed through shortening of the original name)

Ukrainian

2 entries

• зме́ншувально-пестли́вий adj (relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy)
• пестли́вий adj (relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy)

Yiddish

1 entries

• היפּאָקאָריסטיק adj (relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy)

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