BYNAME

Definition: BYNAME

BYNAME

Transitive verb

1. To give a nickname to.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Synonyms: BYNAME

Synonyms by domain: byname entry (information, publishing & graphic arts), first-word entry, forename entry, given name entry.

Crosswords: BYNAME

Specialty definitions using "BYNAME": byname entry. (references)

"BYNAME" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "BYNAME" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	3	202,518

Expression using "BYNAME": byname entry. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "BYNAME"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		bynaam (nickname, sobriquet). (various references)

Danish		indfoersel under fornavn (byname entry, forename entry, given name entry), indfoersel under foerste ord i titlen (byname entry, first-word entry, given name entry). (various references)

Dutch		býnaam (nickname, sobriquet). (various references)

Esperanto		kromnomo (nickname, sobriquet). (various references)

Finnish		etunimen mukainen kirjaus (byname entry, forename entry, given name entry). (various references)

French		entrée au premier mot du titre (byname entry), entrée au prénom (byname entry). (various references)

Frisian		tanamme (nickname, sobriquet). (various references)

German		inbegriff (byword, embodiment, epitome, incarnation, perfect example, quintessence). (various references)

Greek		παρωνυμικό λήμμα (byname entry, first-word entry, given name entry), επωνυμικό λήμμα (byname entry, forename entry, given name entry), λήμμα κύριου ονόματος (byname entry, forename entry, given name entry, proper name entry, proper name heading), λήμμα πρώτης λέξης (byname entry, first-word entry, given name entry). (various references)

Hebrew		שם לואי (sobriquet). (various references)

Italian		soprannome (nickname, sobriquet). (various references)

Papiamen		beinam (nickname, sobriquet). (various references)

Pig Latin		ynamebay

Portuguese		nome secundário, apelido (cognomen, denomination, epithet, first name, name, nickname, surname). (various references)

Spanish		apodo (appellation, byword, name, nickname, short, sobriquet, soubriquet). (various references)

Sranan		nyunman-nen (nickname, sobriquet). (various references)

Swedish		binamn (by name, cognomen, nickname, sobriquet), vedernamn (nickname, sobriquet). (various references)

Tagalog		paláyaw (nickname, sobriquet). (various references)

Turkish		takma ad (agnomen, alias, cognomen, incognito, nickname, nom de guerre, nom de plume, pen name, pseudonym, pseudonymity, sobriquet, soubriquet, surname), ikinci isim. (various references)

Ukrainian		прізвисько (appellative, by-word, cognomen, nickname, surname). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	agnomen, cognomen, cognomentum. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "BYNAME": bynames. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"BYNAME" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bayrami, ben-ami, Beynam, Biame, binane, Binnema, bonam, bonamia, Bonane, Brynamman, Byamee, Byram, byrnand, Byzance, Gymnema. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: baymen.
	Words within the letters "a-b-e-m-n-y"
	-1 letter: beamy, embay, maybe, meany, yamen.
	-2 letters: abye, amen, bane, beam, bean, bema, mabe, mane, many, mean, myna, nabe, name, nema, yean.
	-3 letters: aby, ane, any, aye, bam, ban, bay, ben, bey, bye, mae, man, may, men, nab, nae, nam, nay, neb, yam, yea, yen.
	-4 letters: ab, ae, am, an, ay, ba, be, by, em.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-e-m-n-y"
	+1 letter: bynames.
	+2 letters: amenably, bogeyman, embaying, lambency, mangabey, moneybag, sunbeamy.
	+3 letters: boogeyman, embayment, embryonal, lambently, mangabeys, moneybags.
	+4 letters: embayments, emblazonry, lamentably, manageably, terminably.
	+5 letters: amblygonite, amenability, assemblyman, assemblymen, bimillenary, commendably, denumerably, embracingly, embryonated, flamboyance, impregnably, inestimably, innumerably, salmonberry, unmemorably.
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