pseudonyme
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See also: Pseudonyme
Danish
Adjective
pseudonyme
French
Etymology
(First attested in 1690.) Borrowed from Ancient Greek ψευδώνυμος (pseudṓnumos), from ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false”) + ὄνῠμᾰ (ónuma, “name”) + -ος (-os), ὄνῠμᾰ (ónuma) being a dialectal form of ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).
By surface analysis, pseud- + -onyme
Pronunciation
Adjective
pseudonyme (plural pseudonymes)
- pseudonymous, done under a pseudonym
Noun
pseudonyme m (plural pseudonymes)
Synonyms
- faux nom
- nom de guerre
- nom d’emprunt
- pseudo (informal)
Antonyms
Hyponyms
- (acting contexts): nom de scène
- (literary contexts): nom de plume
- (military contexts): nom de guerre
- (another person's actual name adopted as a pseudonym): allonyme
Derived terms
Descendants
- English: pseudonymous
Further reading
- “pseudonyme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.