Nicolas

See also: Nicolás

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɪ.kə.ləs/, /ˈnɪk.ləs/
  • Audio (UK):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪkələs, -ɪkləs
  • Homophone: (non-rhotic) knickerless

Proper noun

Nicolas

  1. A male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], of less common usage, variant of Nicholas.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, [] (King James Version), London: [] Robert Barker, [], →OCLC, Acts 6:5:
      And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch.
    • 2011 April 14, Michael Schuman, “Do the BRICS believe in free markets?”, in Time[1]:
      French President Nicolas Sarkozy advocated more regulation of commodities markets and better management of capital flows at the last G-20 meeting, and the G-7 intervened in currency markets to depress the yen in the wake of Japan’s March earthquake.

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Catalan

Proper noun

Nicolas m

  1. a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Nicholas

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish Nicolás.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Ni‧co‧las

Proper noun

Nicolas

  1. a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Nicholas
  2. a surname

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ni.kɔ.la/ ~ /ni.kɔ.lɑ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Audio (France (Toulouse)):(file)
  • Audio (France (Lyon)):(file)
  • Hyphenation: Ni‧co‧las

Proper noun

Nicolas m

  1. a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Nicholas
  2. a surname originating as a patronymic

Anagrams

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Nicolas

  1. a male given name from French, feminine equivalent Nicolas

Middle English

Proper noun

Nicolas

  1. a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Nicholas

Middle French

Proper noun

Nicolas

  1. a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Nicholas

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare French Nicolas.

Proper noun

Nicolas m

  1. a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Nicholas

Derived terms

Old French

Proper noun

Nicolas

  1. a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], variant of Nicholas, equivalent to English Nicholas

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /niˈko.lɐs/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /niˈko.lɐʃ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /niˈko.las/

Proper noun

Nicolas m (invariable)

  1. a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], variant of Nicolau, equivalent to English Nicholas; variant form Nikolas

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Nicolás.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /nikoˈlas/ [n̪ɪ.xoˈlas]
  • Rhymes: -as
  • Syllabification: Ni‧co‧las

Proper noun

Nicolás (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜃᜓᜎᜐ᜔)

  1. a male given name from Spanish [in turn from Latin, in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Nicholas
  2. a surname from Spanish [in turn originating as a patronymic]

Statistics

  • According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Nicolas is the 106th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 54,585 individuals.