hypocoristic

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• /ˌhaɪ.pə.kəˈɹɪs.tɪk/
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From Ancient Greek ὑποκοριστικός (hupokoristikós), from ὑποκορίζομαι (hupokorízomai, “to speak in the language of children”), from ὑπό (hupó, “below”) + κορίζομαι (korízomai, “to act like a girl”), from κόρη (kórē, “girl”).

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: га́лен (gálen) — relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy
• Catalan: hipocorístic — relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy
• Chinese Mandarin: 表示親愛的 /表示亲爱的 (biǎoshì qīn'ài de) — relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy
• Chinese Mandarin: 暱稱的 /昵称的 (nìchēng de) — relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy
• Chinese Mandarin: 表愛的 /表爱的 (biǎo'ài de) — relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy
• Dutch: hypocoristisch — relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy
• Esperanto: hipokoristika — relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy
• French: hypocoristique — relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy
• Galician: hipocorístico — relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy
• German: hypokoristisch — relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy
• Greek: υποκοριστικός (ypokoristikós) — relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy
• Ancient Greek: ὑποκοριστικός (hupokoristikós) — relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy
• Haitian Creole: ipokoristik — relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy
• Hungarian: becéző — relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy
• Hungarian: bece- — relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy
• Hungarian: becenévi — relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy
• Hungarian: kicsinyítő — relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy
• Hungarian: hipokorisztikus — relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy
• Irish: hipocórasach — relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy
• Kannada: ಮುದ್ದುಹೆಸರಿನಂಥ (mudduhesarinantha) — relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy
• Macedonian: нагален (nagalen) — relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy
• Macedonian: хипокристички (hipokristički) — relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy
• Portuguese: hipocorístico — relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy
• Russian: гипокористи́ческий (gipokoristíčeskij) — relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy
• Russian: ласка́тельный (laskátelʹnyj) — relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy
• Russian: уменьши́тельный (umenʹšítelʹnyj) — relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy
• Russian: уменьши́тельно-ласка́тельный (umenʹšítelʹno-laskátelʹnyj) — relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy
• Spanish: hipocorístico — relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy
• Ukrainian: пестли́вий (pestlývyj) — relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy
• Ukrainian: зме́ншувально-пестли́вий (zménšuvalʹno-pestlývyj) — relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy
• Yiddish: היפּאָקאָריסטיק (hipokoristik) — relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy
• Bulgarian: га́лено и́ме (gáleno íme) — nickname, especially one indicating intimacy and formed through shortening of the original name
• Catalan: hipocorístic — nickname, especially one indicating intimacy and formed through shortening of the original name
• Czech: hypokoristikon — nickname, especially one indicating intimacy and formed through shortening of the original name
• Estonian: hüpokorism — nickname, especially one indicating intimacy and formed through shortening of the original name
• Finnish: lempinimi — nickname, especially one indicating intimacy and formed through shortening of the original name
• French: hypocoristique — nickname, especially one indicating intimacy and formed through shortening of the original name
• German: Hypokoristikum — nickname, especially one indicating intimacy and formed through shortening of the original name
• German: Hypokoristikon — nickname, especially one indicating intimacy and formed through shortening of the original name
• Greek: υποκοριστικό (ypokoristikó) — nickname, especially one indicating intimacy and formed through shortening of the original name
• Hungarian: becenév — nickname, especially one indicating intimacy and formed through shortening of the original name
• Irish: hipocórasach — nickname, especially one indicating intimacy and formed through shortening of the original name
• Italian: ipocoristico — nickname, especially one indicating intimacy and formed through shortening of the original name
• Macedonian: хипокристика (hipokristika) — nickname, especially one indicating intimacy and formed through shortening of the original name
• Portuguese: hipocorístico — nickname, especially one indicating intimacy and formed through shortening of the original name
• Serbo-Croatian: хипокорѝстик — nickname, especially one indicating intimacy and formed through shortening of the original name
• Serbo-Croatian: hipokorìstik — nickname, especially one indicating intimacy and formed through shortening of the original name
• Spanish: hipocorístico — nickname, especially one indicating intimacy and formed through shortening of the original name