liikanimi — meaning in English
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English meaning
- appellation noun A name or title by which someone is addressed or identified; a designation.
- byname noun Any secondary name, particularly
- epithet noun A term used to characterize a person or thing.
- moniker noun A name or nickname, often one that's informal or draws attention to some trait.
- nickname noun An informal, often affectionate or descriptive name used instead of someone's real name.
Senses
liikanimi is used for these senses in English:
- appellation (formal, _, or, _, dated) A name or title by which someone is addressed or identified; a designation.
- byname (archaic, historical) A nickname.
- epithet A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person.
- epithet (taxonomy) A word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species. This applies only to formal names of plants, fungi and bacteria. In formal names of animals the corresponding term is the specific name.
- moniker A personal name or nickname; an informal label, often drawing attention to a particular attribute.
- nickname A familiar, invented name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing, often based on some noteworthy characteristic.
- nickname (transitive) To give a nickname to (a person or thing).
appellation — full definition
- noun A name or title by which someone is addressed or identified; a designation.
- noun A geographical indication for wine that describes its geographic origin.
byname — full definition
- noun Any secondary name, particularly
- noun Synonym of epithet, a descriptive and distinguishing additional name.
- noun A formal epithet for a god or goddess, used in rituals in Heathenry.
- noun Synonym of pseudonym, a second name used to disguise authorship etc.