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forainm — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cognomen noun A personal epithet or clan name added to the given name and family name of Ancient Romans.
  • nickname noun An informal, often affectionate or descriptive name used instead of someone's real name.
  • pronoun noun A word used in place of a noun, such as I, you, she, it, they, this or who, so you do not have to repeat the name.

Senses

forainm is used for these senses in English:

  • cognomen (historical) A personal epithet or clan name added to the given name and family name of Ancient Romans.
  • 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.
  • pronoun (grammar) A type of word that refers anaphorically to a noun or noun phrase, but which cannot ordinarily be preceded by a determiner and rarely takes an attributive adjective.

cognomen — full definition

  1. noun A personal epithet or clan name added to the given name and family name of Ancient Romans.
  2. noun Synonym of nickname, any epithet used similar to the Roman cognomina.
  3. noun Synonym of surname, a family name.

nickname — full definition

  1. noun An informal, often affectionate or descriptive name used instead of someone's real name.
  2. verb To give someone or something a nickname.

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