allonym

English

Etymology

From allo- (“other, different”) +‎ -onym (“name”), probably via French allonyme. Compare German allonym, Allonym. First attested in 1725.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈal.əˌnɪm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæl.əˌnɪm/

Noun

allonym (plural allonyms)

2. A pseudonym, (particularly) another person's name used as a pseudonym by the author of a work.

   Antonyms: autonym; orthonym, alethonym

4. (uncommon) An allonymous work: a book published under the name of a person other than its true author.

   Antonym: autonym

Derived terms

• allonymous

Translations

the name of another person taken by an author as a pen name

• Catalan: al·lònim (ca) m
• Estonian: rööpnimi, allonüüm
• French: allonyme (fr) m
• German: Allonym
• Italian: allonimo m
• Polish: alonim m, allonim m
• Portuguese: alónimo m (Portugal), alônimo m (Brazil)
• Sicilian: allònimu m

See also

• apocrypha, apocryphal works

References

• “allonym, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

• malonyl