anonym

Coined or borrowed around 1812, from French anonyme, from Ancient Greek ἀνώνυμος (anṓnumos, “without name”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈæn.ə.nɪm/

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anonym (plural anonyms)

2. An anonymous person.

   Synonym: anon

4. An assumed or false name.

   Synonym: pseudonym

   Antonyms: autonym, orthonym, alethonym

   Hyponyms: ananym; allonym; pen name, nom de plume, nom de guerre, nom de clavier, nom de Web, stage name

6. (zoology) A mere name; a name resting upon no diagnosis or other recognized basis.

   Antonym: systematic name

   Coordinate terms: trivial name, common name, vernacular name; scientific name, taxonomic name

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “anonym”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

First attested in the 19th century.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈanonɪm]

anonym m inan

1. anonym

• “anonym”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “anonym”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “anonym”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Via French anonyme, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νώνῠμος (ănṓnŭmos, “without name”).

anonym (neuter anonymt, plural and definite singular attributive anonyme)

1. anonymous

• anonymisere
• anonymitet

• “anonym” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from French anonyme.

• IPA^(key): [ˌanoˈnyːm]

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anonym (strong nominative masculine singular anonymer, not comparable)

1. anonymous

• “anonym” in Duden online
• “anonym”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

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anonym (masculine anonymen, neuter anonymt, comparative méi anonym, superlative am anonymsten)

1. anonymous

From Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νώνῠμος (ănṓnŭmos, “without name”).

anonym (neuter singular anonymt, definite singular and plural anonyme)

1. anonymous

• “anonym” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νώνῠμος (ănṓnŭmos, “without name”).

anonym (neuter singular anonymt, definite singular and plural anonyme)

1. anonymous

• “anonym” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /a.nɔˈnyːm/

• Gotland:

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• Rhymes: -yːm

anonym (comparative mer anonym, superlative mest anonym)

1. anonymous (without any name acknowledged)

• anonymitet