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cognombre — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • byname noun Any secondary name, particularly
  • nickname noun An informal, often affectionate or descriptive name used instead of someone's real name.
  • surname noun A person's family name, usually shared with relatives and passed down through generations.

Senses

cognombre is used for these senses in English:

  • byname (archaic, historical) A secondary name for a person or thing; a person's surname.
  • byname (archaic, historical) A nickname.
  • 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.
  • surname The portion of a person's name that is generally hereditary or treated as an indicator of a person's family, which may be shared with other members of the family, or otherwise derived from their names in some fashion; distinguished from that person's given name(s).

byname — full definition

  1. noun Any secondary name, particularly
  2. noun Synonym of epithet, a descriptive and distinguishing additional name.
  3. noun A formal epithet for a god or goddess, used in rituals in Heathenry.
  4. noun Synonym of pseudonym, a second name used to disguise authorship etc.

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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