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English
Etymology
Back-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
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.
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Translations
fictitious name (more literally, a false name)
- Afrikaans: skuilnaam
- Albanian: pseudonim (sq) m
- Arabic: اِسْم مُسْتَعَار m (ism mustaʕār)
- Armenian: կեղծանուն (hy) (keġcanun)
- Azerbaijani: təxəllüs
- Belarusian: псеўдані́м m (psjeŭdaním)
- Breton: anv-pluenn (br) m
- Bulgarian: псевдони́м (bg) m (psevdoním)
- Catalan: pseudònim (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 假名 (zh) (jiǎmíng) (fake name), 化名 (zh) (huàmíng) (assumed name), 筆名/笔名 (zh) (bǐmíng) (pen name), 藝名/艺名 (zh) (yìmíng) (stage name)
- Czech: pseudonym (cs) m
- Danish: pseudonym n
- Dutch: pseudoniem (nl) n, schuilnaam (nl) m, deknaam (nl) m
- Esperanto: pseŭdonimo
- Estonian: varjunimi, pseudonüüm
- Finnish: salanimi (fi), nimimerkki (fi), pseudonyymi (fi)
- French: pseudonyme (fr) m, nom de guerre (fr) m
- Georgian: ფსევდონიმი (ka) (psevdonimi)
- German: Pseudonym (de) n
- Greek: ψευδώνυμο (el) n (psevdónymo)
- Hindi: तख़ल्लुस m (taxallus), छद्मनाम m (chadmanām)
- Hungarian: álnév (hu)
- Icelandic: höfundarnafn n, dulnefni n, leyninafn n
- Ido: pseudonimo (io)
- Indonesian: pseudonim (id)
- Irish: ainm bréige m, ainm cleite m (pen name)
- Italian: pseudonimo (it) m
- Japanese: 仮名 (ja) (かめい, kamei), 偽名 (ja) (ぎめい, gimei), 変名 (ja) (へんめい, henmei), 雅号 (ja) (がごう, gagō), 筆名 (ja) (ひつめい, hitsumei), ペンネーム (ja) (pennēmu), 芸名 (ja) (geimei), 武号 (ja) (used by a martial artist)
- Kazakh: бүркеншік ат (kk) (bürkenşık at), лақап ат (laqap at)
- Korean: 익명(匿名) (ko) (ingmyeong), 필명(筆名) (ko) (pilmyeong), 가명(假名) (ko) (gamyeong)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: زِڕناو (zirrnaw)
- Northern Kurdish: zirrnav
- Southern Kurdish: زِڕناو (zirrnaw)
- Latin: pseudonymum n
- Latvian: pseidonīms (lv) m
- Lithuanian: slapyvardis m, pseudonimas m
- Macedonian: псевдони́м m (psevdoním)
- Norman: nom-d'plieunme m (Jersey; pen name)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: pseudonym (no) n, psevdonym n
- Nynorsk: pseudonym n, psevdonym n
- Persian:
- Iranian Persian: نامِ مُسْتَعار (nâm-e mosta'âr)
- Polish: pseudonim (pl) m inan
- Portuguese: pseudónimo (pt) m (European spelling), pseudônimo (pt) m (Brazilian spelling)
- Romanian: pseudonim (ro) n
- Russian: псевдони́м (ru) m (psevdoním), вы́мышленное и́мя n (výmyšlennoje ímja)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: псеудо̀ним m
- Roman: pseudònim (sh) m
- Sicilian: psiudònimu m
- Slovak: pseudonym m
- Slovene: psevdonim (sl) m
- Spanish: seudónimo (es) m
- Swahili: jina bandia (sw)
- Swedish: pseudonym (sv) c
- Thai: นามแฝง (th) (naam-fɛ̌ɛng)
- Tibetan: མིང་རྫུས་མ (ming rdzus ma)
- Turkish: mahlas (tr), psödonim
- Ukrainian: псевдоні́м m (psevdoním)
- Urdu: عَرْف m ('arf), عُرْف m ('urf), تَخَلُّص m (taxallus)
- Uzbek: taxallus (uz)
- Vietnamese: biệt hiệu (vi) (別號), bút danh (vi) (筆名), tên chữ (vi) (𠸛𡨸), tên tự (vi) (𠸛字)
- Welsh: ffugenw m
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See also
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
pseudonym m inan
- pseudonym
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Danish
Pronunciation
Noun
pseudonym n (singular definite pseudonymet, plural indefinite pseudonymer)
- pseudonym
Inflection
Adjective
pseudonym
- pseudonymous
Inflection
Inflection of pseudonym
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Positive
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Comparative
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Superlative
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Indefinte common singular
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pseudonym
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Indefinite neuter singular
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pseudonymt
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Plural
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pseudonyme
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Definite attributive1
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pseudonyme
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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.
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Further reading
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
pseudonym (strong nominative masculine singular pseudonymer, not comparable)
- pseudonymous
Declension
Positive forms of pseudonym (uncomparable)
Antonyms
Adverb
pseudonym
- pseudonymously, in an pseudonymous manner
Further reading
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ψευδώνυμος (pseudṓnumos).
Noun
pseudonym n (definite singular pseudonymet, indefinite plural pseudonym or pseudonymer, definite plural pseudonyma or pseudonymene)
- pseudonym
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ψευδώνυμος (pseudṓnumos).
Noun
pseudonym n (definite singular pseudonymet, indefinite plural pseudonym, definite plural pseudonyma)
- pseudonym
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