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Definition: Soubriquet |
SoubriquetNoun1. 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. |
Synonyms: SoubriquetSynonyms: cognomen (n), moniker (n), nickname (n), sobriquet (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Soubriquet |
| Specialty definitions using "soubriquet": Rat-killer. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "soubriquet": sobriquet. (references) |
| "Soubriquet" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Soubriquet" is used about 14 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% | 14 | 93,893 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "soubriquet"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | nofkë (nickname, sobriquet, surname). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | لقب (agnomen, appellation, call, cognomen, denomination, designate, designation, dub, entitle, epithet, nickname, pet name, sobriquet, style, surname, title), إسم مستعار (alias, anonymity, incognito, nom de plume, pseudonym, sobriquet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | псевдоним (alias, anonym, pseudonym, sobriquet), прякор (alias, by name, cognomen, epithet, handle, nickname, sobriquet, surname), прозвище (appellation, by name, nickname, sobriquet, surname). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 外号 (sobriquet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sobriquet (sobriquet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | spitzname (cognomen, moniker, nickname, sobriquet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | παρώνυμο (sobriquet), παρατσούκλι (byword, cognomen, nickname, sobriquet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | gúnynév (cognomen, nickname, sobriquet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | nomignolo (nickname, pet name, sobriquet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oubriquetsay alcunha (appellation, cognomen, nickname, sobriquet). (various references) pseudonim (anonym, nom de plume, pen name, pseudonym, sobriquet), poreclã (agnomen, alias, by name, byword, cognomen, nickname, sobriquet, surname). (various references) кличка (moniker, sobriquet), прозвище (agnomen, by-name, cognomen, nickname, sobriquet, surname). (various references) nadimak (cognomen, nickname, sobriquet, tag). (various references) sobrenombre (sobriquet), apodo (appellation, byname, byword, name, nickname, short, sobriquet). (various references) takma ad (agnomen, alias, byname, cognomen, incognito, nickname, nom de guerre, nom de plume, pen name, pseudonym, pseudonymity, sobriquet, surname), lakab. (various references) кличка (alias, sobriquet), прозвання (sobriquet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "soubriquet": soubriquets. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-i-o-q-r-s-t-u-u" | |
-1 letter: boutiques, sobriquet, turquoise. | |
-2 letters: bouquets, boutique, briquets, sequitur, tuberous, turquois. | |
-3 letters: bosquet, bouquet, briquet, brusque, bustier, obtuser, orbiest, ourebis, querist, questor, quietus, quoters, roquets, rubiest, rubious, rubouts, stourie, torques. | |
-4 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. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-i-o-q-r-s-t-u-u" | |
+1 letter: soubriquets. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 6F 75 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 01110101 01100010 01110010 01101001 01110001 01110101 01100101 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S o u b r i q u e t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 006F 0075 0062 0072 0069 0071 0075 0065 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53818768847583877186 |
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