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Definition: Sobriquet |
SobriquetNoun1. A familiar name (often a shortened version of a person's given name); "Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sobriquet" was first used: 1646. (references) |
Etymology: Sobriquet \So`bri`quet"\ (s[-o]`br[-e]`k[asl]"), noun[French sobriquet, Old French soubzbriquet, soubriquet, chuck under the chin, hence, an affront, nickname; of uncertain origin; compare to Italian expression sottobecco chuck under the chin.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Sobriquet (French). A nickname. Ménage thinks the etymology is the Latin subridieulum (somewhat ridiculous); Count de Gebelin suggests the Romance words sopra-quest (a name acquired over and above your proper names); while Leglay is in favour of soubriquet, a word common in the fourteenth century to express a sound of contempt, half whistle and half jeer, made by raising quickly the chin. Probably sous-brechet, where brechet means the breast, seen in our word "brisket." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: SobriquetSynonyms: cognomen (n), moniker (n), nickname (n), soubriquet (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Misnomer | Nickname, sobriquet, by-name; assumed name, assumed title; alias; nom de course, nom de theatre, nom de guerre, nom de plume; pseudonym, pseudonymy. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Sobriquet |
| Specialty definitions using "sobriquet": American States ♦ Daron, Daronne, Doctor Squintum ♦ Fighting Fifth ♦ Lely ♦ Plon-plon ♦ Redgauntlet, Rigdum Funnidos ♦ Soapy Sam, Stinkomalee' ♦ write-only language. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Sobriquet" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (nickname, sobriquet, soubriquet). |
| "Sobriquet" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Sobriquet" is used about 30 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% | 30 | 63,341 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
barrows biddle sobriquet sydney | 12 |
sobriquet | 7 |
lamb sobriquet | 4 |
barrows biddle sidney sobriquet | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "sobriquet"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | bynaam (byname, nickname). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | nofkë (nickname, soubriquet, surname). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | لقب (agnomen, appellation, call, cognomen, denomination, designate, designation, dub, entitle, epithet, nickname, pet name, soubriquet, style, surname, title), إسم مستعار (alias, anonymity, incognito, nom de plume, pseudonym, soubriquet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | псевдоним (alias, anonym, pseudonym, soubriquet), прякор (alias, by name, cognomen, epithet, handle, nickname, soubriquet, surname), прозвище (appellation, by name, nickname, soubriquet, surname). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 外号 (soubriquet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | bijnaam (nickname), býnaam (byname, nickname). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | kromnomo (byname, nickname). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | کنیه (Epithet, Nickname, Surname, Title), لقب خیالی , لقب (Epithet, Label, Surname, Title). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sobriquet (soubriquet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | tanamme (byname, nickname). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Spitzname (cognomen, moniker, nickname, soubriquet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | παρώνυμο (soubriquet), παρατσούκλι (byword, cognomen, nickname, soubriquet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שם לואי (byname), כ וי (appellation, denomination, epithet, name, style, surname, term, title). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | gúnynév (cognomen, nickname, soubriquet), csúfnév (nickname, smear-word), becenév (moniker, nickname, pet name), álnév (alias, anonym, assumed name, feigned name, incognito, nom de plume, pen name, pseudonym). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | julukan (epithet, nickname). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | nomignolo (nickname, pet name, soubriquet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | beinam (byname, nickname). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | obriquetsay alcunha (appellation, cognomen, nickname, soubriquet). (various references) pseudonim (anonym, nom de plume, pen name, pseudonym, soubriquet), poreclã (agnomen, alias, by name, byword, cognomen, nickname, soubriquet, surname). (various references) кличка (moniker, soubriquet), прозвище (agnomen, by-name, cognomen, nickname, soubriquet, surname). (various references) nadimak (cognomen, nickname, soubriquet, tag). (various references) apodo (appellation, byname, byword, name, nickname, short, soubriquet). (various references) nyunman-nen (byname, nickname). (various references) vedernamn (byname, nickname), binamn (by name, byname, cognomen, nickname), öknamn (nickname). (various references) paláyaw (byname, nickname). (various references) ชื่อเล่น (nickname). (various references) takma ad (agnomen, alias, byname, cognomen, incognito, nickname, nom de guerre, nom de plume, pen name, pseudonym, pseudonymity, soubriquet, surname), lakap (agnomen, cognomen, epithet, moniker, nickname, patronymic, surname). (various references) кличка (alias, soubriquet), прозвання (soubriquet). (various references) tên nhạo (nickname), biệt hiệu (alias, anonym, cognomen). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | agnomen, cognomen, cognomento, cognomentum. (various references) |
| Middle French | 1400-1600 | soubriquet. (various references) |
| French | 1500-Modern | sobriquet. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "sobriquet": sobriquets. (additional references) | |
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"Sobriquet" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Robiquet, sabriquet, Sariquey, sobriqet, sobrique. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "sobriquet" (pronounced sō"brukā' or su'bruke"t) |
| 3 | -u k ā' | communique. |
| 3 | -k e" t | diskette. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-i-o-q-r-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: briquets. | |
-2 letters: bosquet, briquet, bustier, obtuser, orbiest, ourebis, querist, questor, quoters, roquets, rubiest, stourie, torques. | |
-3 letters: bestir, bisque, bister, bistre, bistro, biters, boites, bosque, bourse, bruise, bruits, brutes, burets, buries, busier, buster, buteos, obtuse, orbits, ourebi, ouster, outers, quiets, quires, quirts, quoits, quoter, quotes, rebuts, ribose, risque, robust, roques, roquet, routes, rubies, sobeit. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-i-o-q-r-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: sobriquets, soubriquet. | |
+2 letters: soubriquets. | |
+4 letters: equilibrators. | |
+5 letters: equilibrations. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 6F 62 72 69 71 75 65 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... --- -... .-. .. --.- ..- . - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101111 01100010 01110010 01101001 01110001 01110101 01100101 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S o b r i q u e t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 006F 0062 0072 0069 0071 0075 0065 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)538168847583877186 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Translations: Ancient 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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