anonym
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See also: anonym.
English
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[edit ]Etymology tree
Borrowed, around 1812, from French anonyme ("anonymous person"), from the nominalization of the adjective anonyme ("anonymous"), from Latin anōnymus (adjective), from Ancient Greek ἀνώνυμος (anṓnumos, "without name", adjective). By surface analysis, an- + -onym .
Pronunciation
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]anonym (plural anonyms )
- An anonymous person.
- Synonym: anon
- 1895, Jean Jules Jusserand, A Literary History of the English People from the Origins to the Renaissance, page 207:
- The Psalter was translated into English, in verse, in the second half of the thirteenth century: [...]; again in prose, towards 1327, by an anonym, who has been wrongly believed to be William de Shoreham, a monk of Leeds priory: [...].
- (nonstandard , rare ) An assumed or false name; a pseudonym.
- 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
- (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
Related terms
[edit ]Translations
[edit ]anonymous person
- Catalan: anònim (ca) m, anònima (ca) f
- Czech: anonym (cs) m
- French: anonyme (fr) m or f by sense
- German: Anonymus m
- Italian: anonimo (it) m, anonima (it) f
- Latin: anōnymus m, anōnyma f
- Lithuanian: anonimas m
- Polish: anonim (pl) m
- Portuguese:
- Romanian: anonim (ro) m
- Russian: анони́м (ru) m (anoním)
- Serbo-Croatian: anonimus (sh) m, anonimac (sh)
- Sicilian: anònimu m
- Spanish: anónimo (es) m, anónima (es) f
- Ukrainian: анонім (uk) m (anonim)
- Uzbek: anonim (uz)
pseudonym — see pseudonym
name resting upon no diagnosis or other recognized basis
Further reading
[edit ]- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), "anonym", in The Century Dictionary [...], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- "anonym", in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Czech
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]First attested in the 19th century.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]anonym m inan
Declension
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015), "anonym", in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 58
Further reading
[edit ]- "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
Danish
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]Via French anonyme , from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νώνῠμος (ănṓnŭmos, "without name").
Adjective
[edit ]anonym (neuter anonymt , plural and definite singular attributive anonyme )
Inflection
[edit ]| positive | comparative | superlative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite common singular | anonym | — | —2 |
| indefinite neuter singular | anonymt | — | —2 |
| plural | anonyme | — | —2 |
| definite attributive1 | anonyme | — | — |
1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.
Derived terms
[edit ]References
[edit ]- "anonym" in Den Danske Ordbog
German
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Borrowed from French anonyme (adjective), from Latin anōnymus (adjective), from Ancient Greek ἀνώνυμος (anṓnumos, adjective). By surface analysis, an- + -onym .
Pronunciation
[edit ]Adjective
[edit ]anonym (strong nominative masculine singular anonymer , not comparable)
Declension
[edit ]| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist anonym | sie ist anonym | es ist anonym | sie sind anonym | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | anonymer | anonyme | anonymes | anonyme |
| genitive | anonymen | anonymer | anonymen | anonymer | |
| dative | anonymem | anonymer | anonymem | anonymen | |
| accusative | anonymen | anonyme | anonymes | anonyme | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der anonyme | die anonyme | das anonyme | die anonymen |
| genitive | des anonymen | der anonymen | des anonymen | der anonymen | |
| dative | dem anonymen | der anonymen | dem anonymen | den anonymen | |
| accusative | den anonymen | die anonyme | das anonyme | die anonymen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein anonymer | eine anonyme | ein anonymes | (keine) anonymen |
| genitive | eines anonymen | einer anonymen | eines anonymen | (keiner) anonymen | |
| dative | einem anonymen | einer anonymen | einem anonymen | (keinen) anonymen | |
| accusative | einen anonymen | eine anonyme | ein anonymes | (keine) anonymen | |
Further reading
[edit ]Luxembourgish
[edit ]Adjective
[edit ]anonym (masculine anonymen , neuter anonymt , comparative méi anonym, superlative am anonymsten )
Declension
[edit ]| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | hien ass anonym | si ass anonym | et ass anonym | si si(nn) anonym | |
| nominative / accusative |
attributive and/or after determiner | anonymen | anonym | anonymt | anonym |
| independent without determiner | anonymes | anonymer | |||
| dative | after any declined word | anonymen | anonymer | anonymen | anonymen |
| as first declined word | anonymem | anonymem | |||
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]From Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νώνῠμος (ănṓnŭmos, "without name").
Adjective
[edit ]anonym (neuter singular anonymt , definite singular and plural anonyme )
References
[edit ]- "anonym" in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]From Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νώνῠμος (ănṓnŭmos, "without name").
Adjective
[edit ]anonym (neuter singular anonymt , definite singular and plural anonyme )
References
[edit ]- "anonym" in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
[edit ]Pronunciation
[edit ]Adjective
[edit ]anonym (comparative mer anonym, superlative mest anonym)
- anonymous (without any name acknowledged)
Declension
[edit ]| Indefinite | positive | comparative | superlative1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| common singular | anonym | mer anonym | mest anonym |
| neuter singular | anonymt | mer anonymt | mest anonymt |
| plural | anonyma | mer anonyma | mest anonyma |
| masculine plural2 | anonyme | mer anonyma | mest anonyma |
| Definite | positive | comparative | superlative |
| masculine singular3 | anonyme | mer anonyme | mest anonyme |
| all | anonyma | mer anonyma | mest anonyma |
1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
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