Hypocorism

/ˌhɪpəˈkɔːrɪzəm/

/ˌhaɪpəˈkɔːrɪzəm/

Translation of "hypocorism" into Russian

Noun

/ˌhɪpəˈkɔːrɪzəm/

/ˌhaɪpəˈkɔːrɪzəm/

hypocorism

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The use of 'Johnny' as a diminutive of 'John' is an example of a hypocorism.

Использование 'Джонни' как уменьшительной формы от 'Джон' является примером гипокористики.

Noun

/ˌhɪpəˈkɔːrɪzəm/

/ˌhaɪpəˈkɔːrɪzəm/

A pet name or affectionate nickname.

Her family always called her by the hypocorism 'Mimi' instead of her full name, Miranda.

The practice or process of creating or using pet names or diminutive forms.

Hypocorism is widespread in Australian English, where 'John' becomes 'Johnno'.

Baby talk; speech used by or to young children (rare).

The mother's gentle hypocorism soothed the infant.

Adjective

/ˌhɪpəˈkɔːrɪzəm/

/ˌhaɪpəˈkɔːrɪzəm/

Relating to or characteristic of a hypocorism.

We analysed the hypocorism forms of given names in the corpus.