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

  1. 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.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

Catalan

Proper noun

Nicolas m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Nicholas

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Ni‧co‧las

Proper noun

Nicolas

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Nicholas
  2. a surname

French

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Nicolas m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Nicholas
  2. a surname originating as a patronymic

Anagrams

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French.

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Nicolas

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

Middle English

Proper noun

Nicolas

  1. alternative form of Nicholas

Middle French

Proper noun

Nicolas

  1. 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

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Nicholas

Derived terms

Old French

Proper noun

Nicolas

  1. 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)

  1. a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Nicholas
  2. 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.