Nicolas

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Nicolas. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Nicolas, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Nicolas in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Nicolas you have here. The definition of the word Nicolas will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofNicolas, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: Nicolás

English

A user suggests that this English entry be cleaned up, giving the reason: “what surname is the translation table referring to?”.
Please see the discussion on Requests for cleanup(+) for more information and remove this template after the problem has been dealt with.

Pronunciation

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:
      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

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

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.