pseudonym

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English

WOTD – 5 October 2006

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Etymology

From pseudonymous, from French pseudonyme (“having a false name”), from Ancient Greek ψευδώνυμος (pseudōnumos), from ψευδής (pseudēs, “false”) and ὄνυμα (onuma), from ὄνομα (onoma, “name”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈs(j)uː.dəʊ.nɪm/, /ˈsu.də.nɪm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsudoʊnɪm/

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Noun

pseudonym (plural pseudonyms)

1. A fictitious name, often used by writers and movie stars.

   The Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson wrote "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll.

   • c1911 — 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".

Translations

fictious name

• Armenian: կեղծանուն (kełcanun)
• Catalan: pseudònim (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (fake name) 假名 (zh) (jiǎmíng), (assumed name) 化名 (zh) (huàmíng), (pen name) 筆名 (zh), 笔名 (zh) (bǐmíng), (stage name) 藝名, 艺名 (zh) (yìmíng)

• Czech: pseudonym (cs) m
• Danish: pseudonym
• Dutch: pseudoniem (nl) n, schuilnaam (nl) m
• Esperanto: pseŭdonimo
• Estonian: varjunimi, pseudonüüm
• Finnish: salanimi, nimimerkki (fi), pseudonyymi (fi)
• French: nom de guerre (fr) m, pseudonyme (fr) m
• German: Pseudonym (de) n
• Greek: ψευδώνυμο (el) n (psevdónymo)
• Hindi: तख़ल्लुस (takʰallus)
• Hungarian: álnév (hu)

• Icelandic: höfundarnafn n, dulnefni n, leyninafn n
• Irish: ainm bréige m
• Italian: pseudonimo (it) m
• Japanese: 雅号 (がごう, gagō), 筆名 (ja) (ひつめい, hitsumei), ペンネーム (pennēmu)
• Korean: 익명 (ko) (ingmyeong) (匿名 (ko))
• Latin: pseudonymum n
• Norwegian: psevdonym n
• Polish: pseudonim (pl) m
• Portuguese: pseudónimo (pt) m, pseudônimo m (Brazil)
• Romanian: pseudonim (ro) n
• Russian: псевдони́м (ru) m (psevdoním), вымышленное имя n (výmyšlennoje ímja)
• Serbo-Croatian: pseudonim m
• Spanish: seudónimo (es) m
• Swedish: pseudonym (sv)
• Welsh: ffugenw m

Derived terms

• pseudonymity
• pseudonymous

See also

• codename
• nom de code
• nom de guerre
• nom de plume
• pen-name
• stage name

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Czech

Noun

pseudonym m

1. pseudonym

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sœvdonyːm/, [sœwd̥oˈnyːˀm]

Noun

pseudonym n (singular definite pseudonymet, plural indefinite pseudonymer)

1. pseudonym

Inflection

Inflection of pseudonym

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pseudonym	pseudonymet	pseudonymer	pseudonymerne
genitive	pseudonyms	pseudonymets	pseudonymers	pseudonymernes

Adjective

pseudonym (neuter pseudonymt, definite and plural pseudonyme)

1. pseudonymous

External links

• Pseudonym on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia