different between nameless vs incognito

English

Etymology

From Middle English nameles, equivalent to name +? -less. Cognate with Dutch naamloos (“nameless”), German namenlos (“nameless”), Danish navnløs (“nameless”), Swedish namnlös (“nameless”), Icelandic nafnlausur (“nameless, anonymous”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

nameless (not comparable)

1. Not having a name; unnamed.
2. Whose name is unknown; unidentified or obscure.
3. anonymous
4. Unable to be described or expressed.

Derived terms

• namelessly
• namelessness

Translations

Anagrams

• Sleemans, lameness, maleness, maneless, meanless, salesmen

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian incognito, from Latin incognitus (“unknown”), from in- (“not”) + cognitus (“known”), perfect passive participle of cognoscere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nk???ni?to?/, IPA^(key): /??n?k??nito?/
• Rhymes: -i?t??

Adjective

incognito (not comparable)

1. Without being known; in an assumed character, or under an assumed title; in disguise.

Usage notes

This term is said especially of great personages who sometimes adopt a disguise or an assumed character in order to avoid notice.

Translations

Adverb

incognito (not comparable)

1. Without revealing one's identity.
   • May 19, 1709, Isaac Bickerstaff (pseudonym for Richard Steele or (in some later numbers of the journal) Joseph Addison), The Tatler No. 17

     The prince royal of Prussia came thither incognito.

Translations

Noun

incognito (countable and uncountable, plural incognitos)

1. One unknown or in disguise, or under an assumed character or name.
2. The assumption of disguise or of a feigned character; the state of being in disguise or not recognized.

Anagrams

• cognition

French

Etymology

From Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.k?.?i.to/

Adjective

incognito

1. incognito

Adverb

incognito (plural incognitos)

1. incognito

Noun

incognito m (plural incognitos)

1. incognito

Further reading

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

Italian

Adjective

incognito (feminine incognita, masculine plural incogniti, feminine plural incognite)

1. unknown
2. (archaic) unaware; ignorant

Derived terms

• incognitamente

Noun

incognito m (plural incogniti)

1. incognito

Related terms

• incognita

Latin

Adjective

incognit?

1. dative masculine singular of incognitus
2. dative neuter singular of incognitus
3. ablative masculine singular of incognitus
4. ablative neuter singular of incognitus