pseudonym
/ˈsuːdəˌnɪm/SOO-duh-nim
/ˈsudəˌnɪm/SOO-duh-nim
Meaninga false name
Common meaning: a pen name
- pseudfalseLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 1753 · scan
- onymname (Greek onuma)
Journey through time
- Aryan root · reconstructed√SPU‘blow, puff’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 444, p. 746 · scan
- Greekψευδής‘false’
- Frenchpseudonyme
- Englishpseudonym‘a pen name’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek ψευδής ‘false’.
Roots
- ψευδής Greek “false”
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