nom de plume
See also: nom-de-plume
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pseudo-Gallicism, derived from nom (“name”) + de (“of”) + plume (“feather”), by analogy with the borrowed nom de guerre.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌnɒm də ˈpluːm/, /ˌnɒ̃ -/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌnɑm də ˈplum/
Audio (UK): (file)
Noun
[edit]nom de plume (plural noms de plume)
- (onomastics) A pen name or pseudonym.
- Hypernym: pseudonym
- Coordinate term: nom de guerre
- 2018, Robert McParland, Bestseller: A Century of America's Favorite Books, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 154:
- When King's authorship of Thinner was concealed behind the nom de plume Richard Bachman, the novel sold relatively well.
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → French: nom de plume
Translations
[edit]pseudonym — see pseudonym
References
[edit]- ^ H. W. Fowler and F. G. Fowler, The King’s English, Chapter 1, Foreign Words, #5, p. 43
Further reading
[edit]- “nom de plume”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “nom de plume”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “nom de plume, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. - “nom de plume”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English nom de plume, itself a pseudo-Gallicism.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nom de plume m (plural noms de plume)
- (onomastics) nom de plume, pen name
- Hypernyms: nom d'emprunt, pseudonyme
- Coordinate terms: nom de code, nom de guerre, nom de scène
- 1874, Edmond Lareau, Histoire de la littérature canadienne [A History of Canadian Literature], John Lovell, pages 126–127:
- Ajoutons à tous ces noms Miss Mary–Ann McIver, d’Ottowa, […] M. Game, plutôt connu par son nom de plume The Lorne Farmer; […]
- To these names we can add Miss Mary-Ann McIver, of Ottowa, […] M. Game, better known by his pen name The Lorne Farmer; […]
- 1920 April, Raymond Foulché-Delbosc (?), “La Estrella de Sevilla. Édition critique publié par R. Foulché-Delbosc”, in Revue Hispanique, volume XLVIII, number 114, page 528:
- Le Clarindo qui n’écrivait que pour vivre est peut-être Andrés de Claramonte, mais enfin ce n’est nullement certain, car rien ne prouve que Claramonte ait été le seul poète ayant pris Clarindo comme nom de plume ; rien ne prouve non plus que les auteurs des trois pièces n’aient pas désigné sous le nom de Clarindo un autre que Claramonte.
- The Clarindo who only wrote for a living is perhaps Andrés de Claramonte, but ultimately that's not at all certain, for nothing proves that Claramonte was the only poet to have taken Clarindo as a nom de plume; nothing proves, either, that the authors of the three plays didn’t use the name Clarindo in reference to someone other than Claramonte.
- 2009, Eva Cantavenera et al., Toscane Ombrie: Marches, Michelin, →ISBN, page 86:
- Dans le cas de Carlo Lorenzini (plus connu sous son nom de plume, Collodi (1826–1890), c’est son œuvre Pinocchio qui jouit d’une notoriété mondiale, au détriment de son auteur (voir à Montecatini Terme, p. 306).
- In the case of Carlo Lorenzini (better known under his nom de plume, Collodi (1826–1890), it’s his work Pinocchio that enjoyed worldwide fame, to the detriment of its author (see Montecatini Terme, p. 306).
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “nom” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 9th Edition (1992-).
- “nom”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
- “nom”, in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse
- “nom” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from French nom de plume (literally “name of feather”).
Noun
[edit]nom de plume
- (onomastics) nom de plume, pen name
- Synonyms: nama samaran, pseudonim
Further reading
[edit]- “nom de plume”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
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