hypocorism

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• Received-Pronunciation: /haɪˈpɒ.kəˌɹɪ.zəm/
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• General-American: /haɪˈpɑ.kəˌɹɪ.zəm/
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Borrowed from Late Latin hypocorisma, a loan from Ancient Greek ὑποκόρισμα (hupokórisma), ὑποκορισμός (hupokorismós, “pet name”), from ὑποκορίζεσθαι (hupokorízesthai), ὑποκορίζομαι (hupokorízomai, “to use a pet name; to act in a childish manner”), from ῠ̔πο- (hŭpo-, prefix indicating a small degree) + κορίζομαι (korízomai, “to caress”) (from κόρος (kóros, “boy; youth”), κόρη (kórē, “girl; young woman”)).

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: hipocorístic — term of endearment
• Chinese Mandarin: 暱稱 /昵称 (nìchēng) — term of endearment
• Chinese Mandarin: 小名 (xiǎomíng) — term of endearment
• Czech: hypokoristikon — term of endearment
• Danish: kælenavn — term of endearment
• Dutch: hypokorisme — term of endearment
• Dutch: koosnaam — term of endearment
• Dutch: koosnaampje — term of endearment
• Estonian: hüpokorism — term of endearment
• Finnish: lempinimi — term of endearment
• French: hypocoristique — term of endearment
• Galician: hipocorístico — term of endearment
• Georgian: კნინობითი სახელი (ḳninobiti saxeli) — term of endearment
• Georgian: საალერსო სახელი (saalerso saxeli) — term of endearment
• German: Lallname — term of endearment
• German: Kosename — term of endearment
• German: Hypokoristikum — term of endearment
• German: Hypokoristikon — term of endearment
• Greek: υποκόρισμα (ypokórisma) — term of endearment
• Greek: υποκοριστικό (ypokoristikó) — term of endearment
• Ancient Greek: ὑποκόρισμα (hupokórisma) — term of endearment
• Hungarian: becenév — term of endearment
• Hungarian: becézés — term of endearment
• Hungarian: becézett alak — term of endearment
• Icelandic: gælunafn — term of endearment
• Icelandic: stuttnefni — term of endearment
• Italian: ipocoristico — term of endearment
• Latin: hypocorisma — term of endearment
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjælenavn — term of endearment
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kjælenamn — term of endearment
• Polish: hipokorystyk — term of endearment
• Polish: hipokorystykum — term of endearment
• Portuguese: hipocorístico — term of endearment
• Romanian: hipocoristic — term of endearment
• Russian: ласка́тельное и́мя (laskátelʹnoje ímja) — term of endearment
• Russian: уменьши́тельное и́мя (umenʹšítelʹnoje ímja) — term of endearment
• Russian: уменьши́тельно-ласка́тельное и́мя (umenʹšítelʹno-laskátelʹnoje ímja) — term of endearment
• Serbo-Croatian: хипокористик — term of endearment
• Serbo-Croatian: одмилица — term of endearment
• Serbo-Croatian: hipokoristik — term of endearment
• Serbo-Croatian: odmilica — term of endearment
• Slovak: hypokoristikon — term of endearment
• Slovak: hypokoristikum — term of endearment
• Spanish: hipocorístico — term of endearment
• Swedish: hypokorism — term of endearment
• Swedish: smeknamn — term of endearment
• German: Hypokorismus — formation of terms of endearment or pet names
• Greek: υποκορισμός (ypokorismós) — formation of terms of endearment or pet names
• Ancient Greek: ὑποκορισμός (hupokorismós) — formation of terms of endearment or pet names
• Polish: hipokorystyk — formation of terms of endearment or pet names
• Polish: hipokorystykum — formation of terms of endearment or pet names