pseudonyme

See also: Pseudonyme

Danish

Adjective

pseudonyme

1. definite of pseudonym
2. plural of pseudonym

French

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pseudonyme

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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

• IPA^(key): /psø.dɔ.nim/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Homophone: pseudonymes
• Hyphenation: pseu‧do‧nyme

Adjective

pseudonyme (plural pseudonymes)

1. pseudonymous, done under a pseudonym

Noun

pseudonyme m (plural pseudonymes)

1. pseudonym

Synonyms

• faux nom
• nom de guerre
• nom d’emprunt
• pseudo (informal)

 

Antonyms

• aléthonyme
• orthonyme

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

• pseudo

 

Descendants

• English: pseudonymous

Further reading

• “pseudonyme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.