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
- 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.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Nicholas — see Nicholas
Anagrams
Catalan
Proper noun
Nicolas m
- a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Nicholas
Cebuano
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Ni‧co‧las
Proper noun
Nicolas
- a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Nicholas
- 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
- a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Nicholas
- a surname originating as a patronymic
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Anagrams
German
Etymology
Borrowed from French.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nicolas
- a male given name from French, feminine equivalent Nicolas
Middle English
Proper noun
Nicolas
- a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Nicholas
Middle French
Proper noun
Nicolas
- 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
- a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Nicholas
Derived terms
Old French
Proper noun
Nicolas
- 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/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /niˈko.lɐʃ/
Proper noun
Nicolas m (invariable)
- 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)
- a male given name from Spanish [in turn from Latin, in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Nicholas
- 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.