pseudonym
English
editEtymology
editBack-formation from pseudonymous, from French pseudonyme (“pseudonymous”, adjective), from Ancient Greek ψευδώνυμος (pseudṓnumos), from ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false”) and ὄνυμα (ónuma), a dialectal form of ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”). By surface analysis, pseudo- + -onym.
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈs(j)uː.də(ʊ).nɪm/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈsu.də.nɪm/, /ˈsu.doʊ.nɪm/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
editpseudonym (plural pseudonyms)
- A fictitious name (more literally, a false name), as those used by writers and movie stars.
- Synonym: anonym
- Antonyms: autonym, orthonym, alethonym
- Hyponyms: allonym; ananym; stage name; pen name, nom de plume; nom de clavier, nom de Web; nom de guerre
- Coordinate terms: alias; nickname, moniker, handle
- 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".
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editCzech
editPronunciation
editNoun
editpseudonym m inan
Declension
editThis noun needs an inflection-table template.
Danish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editpseudonym n (singular definite pseudonymet, plural indefinite pseudonymer)
Inflection
editneuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | pseudonym | pseudonymet | pseudonymer | pseudonymerne |
genitive | pseudonyms | pseudonymets | pseudonymers | pseudonymernes |
Adjective
editpseudonym
Inflection
editpositive | comparative | superlative | |
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indefinite common singular | pseudonym | — | —2 |
indefinite neuter singular | pseudonymt | — | —2 |
plural | pseudonyme | — | —2 |
definite attributive1 | pseudonyme | — | — |
1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.
Further reading
edit- pseudonym on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
German
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editpseudonym (strong nominative masculine singular pseudonymer, not comparable)
Declension
editAntonyms
editAdverb
editpseudonym
- pseudonymously, in a pseudonymous manner
Further reading
editNorwegian Bokmål
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek ψευδώνυμος (pseudṓnumos).
Noun
editpseudonym n (definite singular pseudonymet, indefinite plural pseudonym or pseudonymer, definite plural pseudonyma or pseudonymene)
References
edit- “pseudonym” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek ψευδώνυμος (pseudṓnumos).
Noun
editpseudonym n (definite singular pseudonymet, indefinite plural pseudonym, definite plural pseudonyma)
References
edit- “pseudonym” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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