sobriquet

• soubriquet

Borrowed from French sobriquet (“nickname”), from Middle French soubriquet (“a chuck under the chin”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsəʊ.bɹɪ.keɪ/
• (US) enPR: ʹsōbrĭkā, ʹsōbrĭkĕt, IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊ.bɹɪ.keɪ/, /ˈsoʊ.bɹɪ.kɛt/

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• Rhymes: -eɪ

sobriquet (plural sobriquets)

1. A familiar name for a person or thing; a nickname (sometimes assumed by the person, but often given by others), that is descriptive.

   Synonyms: cognomen, moniker, nickname

   “The Bard” is a sobriquet of English playwright William Shakespeare.

   • 1862, A. Banning Norton

     The sobriquet of Johnny Appleseed attached to him, though his real name was Chapman, in consequence of his being ever engaged in gathering and planting appleseed and cultivating nurseries of apple trees.

• byname
• to-name

From Middle French soubriquet (“a chuck under the chin”).

• IPA^(key): /sɔ.bʁi.kɛ/

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sobriquet m (plural sobriquets)

1. nickname

• “sobriquet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.