Mickey
nom proprenomcourant dans les dialogues
- États-Unis//ˈmɪki//
A diminutive of the male given name Michael.
nom propre
- 1
A diminutive of the male given name Michael.
- 2
A diminutive of the female given names Michaela or Michelle.
Étymologie
The proper noun is derived from Mick (“diminutive of the male given name Michael”) + -ey (a variant of -y (diminutive suffix)). The common noun is derived from the proper noun. Noun senses 1 (“Mickey Mouse cartoon”) and 3.2 (“type of bombsight assisted by radar”) are short forms of Mickey Mouse. Noun sense 2 (“synonym of Mick”) refers to the fact that since the 17th century Michael and its diminutives Mick, Mickey, and Mike have been one of the most common names in Ireland, and that many Irish people are Roman Catholic. Noun sense 3.1 is a short form of Mickey Finn.
nom
- 1
familierA Mickey Mouse cartoon.
- 2
argotSynonym of Mick. A Roman Catholic person.
- 3
argotSynonym of Mick. An Irishman.
National identity and ethnic origin mapped gang territory: ‘Little Italy’; ‘Little Sicily’; ‘Polish colony’; […] ‘Mickies’ (Irish). Each possessed demarcated districts within which gangs adopted neighbourhood names and tags […]
- 4
historiqueA type of bombsight assisted by radar.
- 5
Variante de Mickey FinnargotShort for Mickey Finn (“an alcoholic or non-alcoholic drink deliberately doctored with a drug intended to quickly render the drinker unconscious”).
Formes
- pluriel
- Mickeys
Mickey · A diminutive of the male given name Michael.
Micky · Alternative spelling of Mickey. A diminutive of the male…microphone · A device (transducer) used to convert sound waves into a…microscope · An optical instrument used for observing small objects.