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surnommé

Nicknamed.

In a sentence

Il était surnommé 'Le Sage' par ses collègues.
He was nicknamed 'The Wise' by his colleagues.
Here, 'surnommé' is used to mean 'nicknamed', indicating a descriptive name or label given to the person by others.
Le roi Louis XIV, surnommé 'Le Roi-Soleil', a régné en France pendant des décennies.
King Louis XIV, nicknamed 'The Sun King', reigned in France for decades.
In this sentence, 'surnommé' provides additional information about the person referred to, often including an honorary or descriptive title.
Je l'ai surnommé 'Flash' à cause de sa rapidité.
I nicknamed him 'Flash' due to his speed.
The term 'surnommé' here indicates the act of assigning a nickname based on someone's characteristics.

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