See cryptonym on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_links": [
[
"crypto-",
"crypto-#English"
],
[
"-onym",
"-onym#English:_word/name"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "crypto",
"3": "onym<id:word/name>",
"t1": "hidden, secret",
"t2": "name"
},
"expansion": "crypto- (“hidden, secret”) + -onym (“name”)",
"name": "confix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From crypto- (“hidden, secret”) + -onym (“name”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "cryptonyms",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "cryptonym (plural cryptonyms)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms prefixed with crypto-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms suffixed with -nym",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms suffixed with -onym (word/name)",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Entries with translation boxes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Czech translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Estonian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with French translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with German translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Italian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Macedonian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Polish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Slovak translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Welsh translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Onomastics",
"orig": "en:Onomastics",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "cryptonymic"
},
{
"word": "cryptonymous"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
30,
39
]
],
"text": "The spy was known only by his cryptonym, 'Shadow'.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
100,
109
]
],
"ref": "2026 September 13, Joseph Finder, “The Sexual Secret That Foiled a Communist Plot”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
"text": "MI6 code-named him REDWOOD. He stood over 6 feet 4 inches, a head taller than his case officer; the cryptonym was chosen for the world’s tallest tree (the standard rule that code names be unrevealing is, as Macintyre observes, ignored by every service on earth).",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A secret name, a code name."
],
"id": "en-cryptonym-en-noun-FEZvg7Iw",
"links": [
[
"secret",
"secret"
],
[
"name",
"name"
],
[
"code name",
"code name"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "kodovo naimenovanie",
"sense": "secret name, code name",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "кодово наименование"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "secret name, code name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kryptonym"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"lang_code": "et",
"sense": "secret name, code name",
"word": "krüptonüüm"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"lang_code": "et",
"sense": "secret name, code name",
"word": "salanimi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "secret name, code name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cryptonyme"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "secret name, code name",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Kryptonym"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "secret name, code name",
"word": "fedőnév"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "secret name, code name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "criptonimo"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"lang_code": "mk",
"roman": "kriptonim",
"sense": "secret name, code name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "криптоним"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "secret name, code name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kryptonim"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "secret name, code name",
"tags": [
"Brazil",
"masculine"
],
"word": "criptônimo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "secret name, code name",
"tags": [
"Portugal",
"masculine"
],
"word": "criptónimo"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"lang_code": "sk",
"sense": "secret name, code name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kryptonym"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"sense": "secret name, code name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "enw cudd"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈkɹɪp.təˌnɪm/"
}
],
"word": "cryptonym"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"word": "cryptonymic"
},
{
"word": "cryptonymous"
}
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"crypto-",
"crypto-#English"
],
[
"-onym",
"-onym#English:_word/name"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "crypto",
"3": "onym<id:word/name>",
"t1": "hidden, secret",
"t2": "name"
},
"expansion": "crypto- (“hidden, secret”) + -onym (“name”)",
"name": "confix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From crypto- (“hidden, secret”) + -onym (“name”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "cryptonyms",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "cryptonym (plural cryptonyms)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms prefixed with crypto-",
"English terms suffixed with -nym",
"English terms suffixed with -onym (word/name)",
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"Terms with Czech translations",
"Terms with Estonian translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Macedonian translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Slovak translations",
"Terms with Welsh translations",
"en:Onomastics"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
30,
39
]
],
"text": "The spy was known only by his cryptonym, 'Shadow'.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
100,
109
]
],
"ref": "2026 September 13, Joseph Finder, “The Sexual Secret That Foiled a Communist Plot”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
"text": "MI6 code-named him REDWOOD. He stood over 6 feet 4 inches, a head taller than his case officer; the cryptonym was chosen for the world’s tallest tree (the standard rule that code names be unrevealing is, as Macintyre observes, ignored by every service on earth).",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A secret name, a code name."
],
"links": [
[
"secret",
"secret"
],
[
"name",
"name"
],
[
"code name",
"code name"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈkɹɪp.təˌnɪm/"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "kodovo naimenovanie",
"sense": "secret name, code name",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "кодово наименование"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "secret name, code name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kryptonym"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"lang_code": "et",
"sense": "secret name, code name",
"word": "krüptonüüm"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"lang_code": "et",
"sense": "secret name, code name",
"word": "salanimi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "secret name, code name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cryptonyme"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "secret name, code name",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Kryptonym"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "secret name, code name",
"word": "fedőnév"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "secret name, code name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "criptonimo"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"lang_code": "mk",
"roman": "kriptonim",
"sense": "secret name, code name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "криптоним"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "secret name, code name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kryptonim"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "secret name, code name",
"tags": [
"Brazil",
"masculine"
],
"word": "criptônimo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "secret name, code name",
"tags": [
"Portugal",
"masculine"
],
"word": "criptónimo"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"lang_code": "sk",
"sense": "secret name, code name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kryptonym"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"sense": "secret name, code name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "enw cudd"
}
],
"word": "cryptonym"
}
Download raw JSONL data for cryptonym meaning in All languages combined (4.1kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-10-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-10-01 using wiktextract (f9fe161 and 6f96ddf). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.