Nicolas
See also: Nicolás
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɪk.ə.ləs/, /ˈnɪk.ləs/
Audio (UK): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪkələs, -ɪkləs
- Homophone: knickerless (non-rhotic)
Proper noun
Nicolas
- A male given name 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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Translations
transliterations of the given name
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Catalan
Proper noun
Nicolas m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Nicholas
Cebuano
Etymology
From Spanish.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Ni‧co‧las
Proper noun
Nicolas
- a male given name, equivalent to English Nicholas
- a surname
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ni.kɔ.la/ ~ /ni.kɔ.lɑ/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Ni‧co‧las
Proper noun
Nicolas m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Nicholas
- a surname originating as a patronymic
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German
Etymology
Borrowed from French.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Nicolas
- a male given name from French, feminine equivalent Nicole
Middle English
Proper noun
Nicolas
- alternative form of Nicholas
Middle French
Proper noun
Nicolas
- a male given name
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, equivalent to English Nicholas
Derived terms
Old French
Proper noun
Nicolas
- alternative form of Nicholas
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, equivalent to English Nicholas
- a surname from Spanish
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Nicolas is the 106th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 54,585 individuals.