hypocorism

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A term of endearment, often a diminutive; a pet name.

   “"Mary" is informed that "Polly" is one of those "hypocorisms," or pet-names, in which our language abounds. Most are mere abbreviations, as Will, Nat, Pat, Bell, &c., taken usually from the beginning, sometimes from the end of the name.”

2. isim The formation of terms of endearment or pet names.

   “St Peter's cult, which dates from the earliest period in Brittany, is represented in the toponymy only in the radical form of his name, without hypocorism or mutation.”

3. isim Baby talk, such as bow-wow for dog and choo-choo for train.

   “In European languages reduplication is often associated with hypocorism or baby talk (e.g. wee-wee, or French bonbon) but this is not the case in the Atlantic creoles and the Niger-Congo languages.”