pet name

English

Noun

pet name (plural pet names)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pet,‎ name.
2. 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.

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)
• 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), kjælenavn

• Russian: ласка́тельное и́мя n (laskátelʹnoje ímja), уменьши́тельное и́мя f (umenʹšítelʹnoje ímja)
• Swedish: smeknamn (sv)

See also

• pet form

Further reading

• “pet name”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Tempean, peatmen, peteman