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{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "alethonym"
},
{
"word": "orthonym"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "pseudonymous"
},
"expansion": "Back-formation from pseudonymous",
"name": "back-formation"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fr",
"3": "pseudonyme",
"4": "",
"5": "pseudonymous",
"pos": "a"
},
"expansion": "French pseudonyme (“pseudonymous”, adjective)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "grc",
"3": "ψευδώνυμος"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek ψευδώνυμος (pseudṓnumos)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "ψευδής",
"t": "false"
},
"expansion": "ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "ὄνυμα"
},
"expansion": "ὄνυμα (ónuma)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "ὄνομα",
"t": "name"
},
"expansion": "ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "pseudo-",
"3": "-onym"
},
"expansion": "By surface analysis, pseudo- + -onym",
"name": "surf"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Back-formation from pseudonymous, from French pseudonyme (“pseudonymous”, adjective), from Ancient Greek ψευδώνυμος (pseudṓnumos), from ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false”) and ὄνυμα (ónuma), a dialectal form of ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”). By surface analysis, pseudo- + -onym.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "pseudonyms",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "pseudonym (plural pseudonyms)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English back-formations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms prefixed with pseudo-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms suffixed with -nym",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms suffixed with -onym",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant transliterations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Onomastics",
"orig": "en:Onomastics",
"parents": [
"Linguistics",
"Names",
"Language",
"Social sciences",
"All topics",
"Proper nouns",
"Terms by semantic function",
"Communication",
"Sciences",
"Society",
"Fundamental",
"Nouns",
"Lemmas"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"coordinate_terms": [
{
"word": "alias"
},
{
"word": "handle"
},
{
"word": "moniker"
},
{
"word": "nickname"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "pseudonymic"
},
{
"word": "pseudonymisation"
},
{
"word": "pseudonymise"
},
{
"word": "pseudonymiser"
},
{
"word": "pseudonymity"
},
{
"word": "pseudonymization"
},
{
"word": "pseudonymize"
},
{
"word": "pseudonymized"
},
{
"word": "pseudonymizer"
},
{
"word": "pseudonymous"
},
{
"word": "pseudonymously"
},
{
"word": "pseudonymousness"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson wrote \"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland\" under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "c. 1911, H. G. Wells, The Obliterated Man",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1928, H.P. Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror in Literature",
"text": "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\".",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A fictitious name (more literally, a false name), as those used by writers and movie stars."
],
"hyponyms": [
{
"sense": "acting contexts",
"word": "stage name"
},
{
"sense": "literary contexts",
"word": "pen name"
},
{
"sense": "literary contexts",
"word": "pen-name"
},
{
"sense": "literary contexts",
"word": "penname"
},
{
"sense": "literary contexts",
"word": "nom de plume"
},
{
"sense": "military contexts",
"word": "nom de guerre"
},
{
"sense": "another person's actual name adopted as a pseudonym",
"word": "allonym"
}
],
"id": "en-pseudonym-en-noun-Um2Z16cF",
"links": [
[
"fictitious",
"fictitious"
],
[
"literally",
"literally"
],
[
"false",
"false"
],
[
"name",
"name"
],
[
"those",
"those"
],
[
"use",
"use"
],
[
"writer",
"writer"
],
[
"movie star",
"movie star"
]
],
"related": [
{
"word": "codename"
},
{
"word": "dysphemism"
},
{
"word": "euphemism"
},
{
"word": "nom de code"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "skuilnaam"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pseudonim"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ism mustaʕār",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "اِسْم مُسْتَعَار"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "keġcanun",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "կեղծանուն"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "təxəllüs"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "psjeŭdaním",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "псеўдані́м"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "anv-pluenn"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "psevdoním",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "псевдони́м"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pseudònim"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"english": "fake name",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiǎmíng",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "假名"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"english": "assumed name",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huàmíng",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "化名"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "筆名"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"english": "pen name",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bǐmíng",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "笔名"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "藝名"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"english": "stage name",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yìmíng",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "艺名"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pseudonym"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pseudonym"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pseudoniem"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "schuilnaam"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "deknaam"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "pseŭdonimo"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "varjunimi"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "pseudonüüm"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "salanimi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "nimimerkki"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "pseudonyymi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pseudonyme"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nom de guerre"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "psevdonimi",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "ფსევდონიმი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Pseudonym"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "psevdónymo",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ψευδώνυμο"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "taxallus",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "तख़ल्लुस"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "chadmanām",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "छद्मनाम"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "álnév"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "höfundarnafn"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "dulnefni"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "leyninafn"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "pseudonimo"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "pseudonim"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ainm bréige"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"english": "pen name",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ainm cleite"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pseudonimo"
},
{
"alt": "かめい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kamei",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "仮名"
},
{
"alt": "ぎめい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "gimei",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "偽名"
},
{
"alt": "へんめい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "henmei",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "変名"
},
{
"alt": "がごう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "gagō",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "雅号"
},
{
"alt": "ひつめい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hitsumei",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "筆名"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "pennēmu",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "ペンネーム"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "geimei",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "芸名"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"note": "used by a martial artist",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "武号"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "bürkenşık at",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "бүркеншік ат"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "laqap at",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "лақап ат"
},
{
"alt": "匿名",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ingmyeong",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "익명"
},
{
"alt": "筆名",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "pilmyeong",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "필명"
},
{
"alt": "假名",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gamyeong",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "가명"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "zirrnaw",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "زِڕناو"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "zirrnav"
},
{
"code": "sdh",
"lang": "Southern Kurdish",
"roman": "zirrnaw",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "زِڕناو"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pseudonymum"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pseidonīms"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "slapyvardis"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pseudonimas"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "psevdoním",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "псевдони́м"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"english": "Jersey; pen name",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nom-d'plieunme"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pseudonym"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "psevdonym"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pseudonym"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "psevdonym"
},
{
"code": "fa-ira",
"lang": "Iranian Persian",
"roman": "nâm-e mosta'âr",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "نامِ مُسْتَعار"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"inanimate",
"masculine"
],
"word": "pseudonim"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"note": "European spelling",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pseudónimo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"note": "Brazilian spelling",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pseudônimo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pseudonim"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "psevdoním",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "псевдони́м"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "výmyšlennoje ímja",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "вы́мышленное и́мя"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "псеудо̀ним"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "pseudònim"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "psiudònimu"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pseudonym"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "psevdonim"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "seudónimo"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "jina bandia"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "pseudonym"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
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"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "นามแฝง"
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"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "ming rdzus ma",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
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},
{
"code": "tr",
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"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
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"code": "ur",
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"word": "تَخَلُّص"
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"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
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{
"alt": "𠸛𡨸",
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"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "tên chữ"
},
{
"alt": "𠸛字",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
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"masculine"
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"sense": "literary contexts",
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"Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
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"text": "The Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson wrote \"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland\" under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll.",
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"ref": "c. 1911, H. G. Wells, The Obliterated Man",
"text": "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.",
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"ref": "1928, H.P. Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror in Literature",
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"ipa": "/ˈsu.də.nɪm/",
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "skuilnaam"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pseudonim"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ism mustaʕār",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "اِسْم مُسْتَعَار"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "keġcanun",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "կեղծանուն"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "təxəllüs"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "psjeŭdaním",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "псеўдані́м"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "anv-pluenn"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "psevdoním",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "псевдони́м"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pseudònim"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"english": "fake name",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiǎmíng",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "假名"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"english": "assumed name",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huàmíng",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "化名"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "筆名"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"english": "pen name",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bǐmíng",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "笔名"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "藝名"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"english": "stage name",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yìmíng",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "艺名"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pseudonym"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pseudonym"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pseudoniem"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "schuilnaam"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "deknaam"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "pseŭdonimo"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "varjunimi"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "pseudonüüm"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "salanimi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "nimimerkki"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "pseudonyymi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pseudonyme"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nom de guerre"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "psevdonimi",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "ფსევდონიმი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Pseudonym"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "psevdónymo",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ψευδώνυμο"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "taxallus",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "तख़ल्लुस"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "chadmanām",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "छद्मनाम"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "álnév"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "höfundarnafn"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "dulnefni"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "leyninafn"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "pseudonimo"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "pseudonim"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ainm bréige"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"english": "pen name",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ainm cleite"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pseudonimo"
},
{
"alt": "かめい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kamei",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "仮名"
},
{
"alt": "ぎめい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "gimei",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "偽名"
},
{
"alt": "へんめい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "henmei",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "変名"
},
{
"alt": "がごう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "gagō",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "雅号"
},
{
"alt": "ひつめい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hitsumei",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "筆名"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "pennēmu",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "ペンネーム"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "geimei",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "芸名"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"note": "used by a martial artist",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "武号"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "bürkenşık at",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "бүркеншік ат"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "laqap at",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "лақап ат"
},
{
"alt": "匿名",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ingmyeong",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "익명"
},
{
"alt": "筆名",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "pilmyeong",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "필명"
},
{
"alt": "假名",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gamyeong",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "가명"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "zirrnaw",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "زِڕناو"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "zirrnav"
},
{
"code": "sdh",
"lang": "Southern Kurdish",
"roman": "zirrnaw",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "زِڕناو"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pseudonymum"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pseidonīms"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "slapyvardis"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pseudonimas"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "psevdoním",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "псевдони́м"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"english": "Jersey; pen name",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nom-d'plieunme"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pseudonym"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "psevdonym"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pseudonym"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "psevdonym"
},
{
"code": "fa-ira",
"lang": "Iranian Persian",
"roman": "nâm-e mosta'âr",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "نامِ مُسْتَعار"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"inanimate",
"masculine"
],
"word": "pseudonim"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"note": "European spelling",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pseudónimo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"note": "Brazilian spelling",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pseudônimo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pseudonim"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "psevdoním",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "псевдони́м"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "výmyšlennoje ímja",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "вы́мышленное и́мя"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "псеудо̀ним"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "pseudònim"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "psiudònimu"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pseudonym"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "psevdonim"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "seudónimo"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "jina bandia"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "pseudonym"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "naam-fɛ̌ɛng",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "นามแฝง"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "ming rdzus ma",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "མིང་རྫུས་མ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "mahlas"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "psödonim"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "psevdoním",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "псевдоні́м"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "'arf",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "عَرْف"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "'urf",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "عُرْف"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "taxallus",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "تَخَلُّص"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "taxallus"
},
{
"alt": "別號",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "biệt hiệu"
},
{
"alt": "筆名",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "bút danh"
},
{
"alt": "𠸛𡨸",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "tên chữ"
},
{
"alt": "𠸛字",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"word": "tên tự"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "fictitious name (more literally, a false name)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ffugenw"
}
],
"word": "pseudonym"
}
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