different between anonymity vs anonym

English

Etymology

anonym +? -ity, the root from French anonyme and ultimately from Ancient Greek ???????? (an?numos).

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /æn??n?m?ti/

Noun

anonymity (countable and uncountable, plural anonymities)

1. (uncountable) The quality or state of being anonymous; anonymousness. [from 19th c.]
   • 1976, Joni Mitchell, "Song for Sharon":

     Now there are twenty-nine skaters on Wollman Rink

     Circling in singles and in pairs

     In this vigorous anonymity
2. (countable) That which is anonymous.

Related terms

Translations

References

• James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928) , “Anonymity”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume I (A–B), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, page 347, column 3.
• anonymity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

Etymology

Coined or borrowed around 1812, from French anonyme, from Ancient Greek ???????? (an?numos, “without name”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æn.?.n?m/

Noun

anonym (plural anonyms)

1. An anonymous person.
2. An assumed or false name; a pseudonym.
3. (zoology) A mere name; a name resting upon no diagnosis or other recognized basis.

Related terms

• anon
• anonymal
• anonymity
• anonymize
• anonymosity
• anonymous
• anonymously
• anonymousness

Translations

References

• anonym in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?anon?m]

Noun

anonym m

1. anonym

Further reading

• anonym in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• anonym in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Adjective

anonym

1. anonymous

Inflection

Derived terms

• anonymisere
• anonymitet

References

• “anonym” in Den Danske Ordbog

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French anonyme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ano?ny?m]

Adjective

anonym (not comparable)

1. anonymous

Declension

Further reading

• “anonym” in Duden online

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

Adjective

anonym (masculine anonymen, neuter anonymt, comparative méi anonym, superlative am anonymsten)

1. anonymous

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (an?numos, “without name”)

Adjective

anonym (neuter singular anonymt, definite singular and plural anonyme)

1. anonymous

References

• “anonym” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (an?numos, “without name”)

Adjective

anonym (neuter singular anonymt, definite singular and plural anonyme)

1. anonymous

References

• “anonym” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Pronunciation

Adjective

anonym (comparative mer anonym, superlative mest anonym)

1. anonymous (without any name acknowledged)

Related terms

• anonymitet