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pseudonym
English
Etymology
Back-formation from pseudonymous, from French pseudonyme (“pseudonymous”, adjective), from Ancient Greek ?????????? (pseud?numos), from ?????? (pseud?s, “false”) and ????? (ónuma), a dialectal form of ????? (ónoma, “name”). Synchronically analyzable as pseudo- +? -onym.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?s(j)u?.d??.n?m/, /?su.d?.n?m/
- (US) IPA(key): /?sudo?n?m/
Noun
pseudonym (plural pseudonyms)
- A fictitious name (more literally, a false name), as those used by writers and movie stars.
- The Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson wrote "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll.
- c. 1911, H. G. Wells, The Obliterated Man
- I doubt, indeed, whether I should not abandon the struggle altogether—leave this sad world of ordinary life for which I am so ill fitted, abandon the name of Cummins for some professional pseudonym, complete my self-effacement, and—a thing of tricks and tatters, of posing and pretence—go upon the stage.
- 1928, H.P. Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror in Literature
- The best example of its literary use so far are the German novel The Golem, by Gustav Meyrink, and the drama The Dybbuk, by the jewish writer using the pseudonym "Ansky".
Antonyms
- alethonym (“true name, from Ancient Greek ?????? (al?th?s, “true”) and ????? (ónuma)”) (cf. the cognates - English: alethonym (noun), alethonymous (adjective); German: Alethonym (noun) [[1]], alethonym (adjective or adverb), [2]; French: aléthonyme (noun or adjective) [3], [4], aléthonymes (noun or adjective), [5])
Hyponyms
- (acting contexts): stage name
- (literary contexts): pen name, pen-name, nom de plume
- (military contexts): nom de guerre
- (another person's actual name adopted as a pseudonym): allonym
Coordinate terms
- alias, handle, moniker, nickname
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- codename, nom de code
- euphemism
Czech
Noun
pseudonym m
- pseudonym
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sœvdony?m/, [sœwd?o?ny??m]
Noun
pseudonym n (singular definite pseudonymet, plural indefinite pseudonymer)
- pseudonym
Inflection
Adjective
pseudonym
- pseudonymous
Inflection
Further reading
- pseudonym on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ps???do?ny?m]
Adjective
pseudonym (not comparable)
- pseudonymous
Declension
Further reading
- “pseudonym” in Duden online
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- psevdonym
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ?????????? (pseud?numos)
Noun
pseudonym n (definite singular pseudonymet, indefinite plural pseudonym or pseudonymer, definite plural pseudonyma or pseudonymene)
- pseudonym
References
- “pseudonym” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- psevdonym
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ?????????? (pseud?numos)
Noun
pseudonym n (definite singular pseudonymet, indefinite plural pseudonym, definite plural pseudonyma)
- pseudonym
References
- “pseudonym” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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cognomen
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cogn?men.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /k???no?.m?n/
- Hyphenation: cog?no?men
Noun
cognomen (plural cognomens or cognomina)
- Surname.
- (historical, Ancient Rome) The third part of the name of a citizen of Ancient Rome.
- A nickname or epithet by which someone is identified.
- Synonyms: byname, moniker, sobriquet
Translations
Further reading
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “cognomen”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- cognomen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Latin
Etymology
From con- (“together, with”) +? n?men (“name”). The g is from false association with cogn?sc? (“recognize”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ko??no?.men/, [k???no?m?n]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ko???o.men/, [k??????m?n]
Noun
cogn?men n (genitive cogn?minis); third declension
- surname
- third part of a formal name
- an additional name derived from some characteristic
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Related terms
- agn?men
- n?men
Descendants
References
- cognomen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cognomen in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cognomen in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- cognomen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- cognomen in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cognomen in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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