different between anonyme vs anonymous

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ???????? (an?numos, “without name”), from ??- (an-, “without”) + ????? (ónuma), Doric dialectal form of ????? (ónoma, “name”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.n?.nim/
• Rhymes: -im
• Homophone: anonymes

Adjective

anonyme (plural anonymes)

1. anonymous.

Noun

anonyme m (plural anonymes)

1. anonym.

Derived terms

Further reading

• “anonyme” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• monnaye, monnayé, moyenna

German

Adjective

anonyme

1. inflection of anonym:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Latin

Adjective

an?nyme

1. vocative masculine singular of an?nymus

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

anonyme

1. definite singular of anonym
2. plural of anonym

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

anonyme

1. definite singular of anonym
2. plural of anonym

English

Etymology

Borrowed into English around 1600 from Late Latin anonymus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (an?numos, “without name”), from ???- (an-, “un-”) with ????? (ónuma), Aeolic and Doric dialectal form of ????? (ónoma, “name”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n?n?m?s/
• Rhymes: -?n?m?s

Adjective

anonymous (comparative more anonymous, superlative most anonymous)

1. (not comparable) Lacking a name; not named, for example an animal not assigned to any species.

   Synonym: nameless

2. (not comparable) Without any name acknowledged of a person responsible

3. (not comparable) Of unknown name; whose name is withheld

   Synonyms: unidentified, unknown, unnamed

4. (comparable, figuratively) Lacking individuality.

   Synonym: faceless

Synonyms

• (without consideration of prestige or background): on the merits

Antonyms

• onymous

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• anonymous on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• John Doe
• unknown

References

• anonymous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• anonymous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.