cryptonym

English

Etymology

From crypto- (“hidden, secret”) +‎ -onym (“name”).

Noun

cryptonym (plural cryptonyms)

1. A secret name, a code name.

   The spy was known only by his cryptonym, 'Shadow'.

Derived terms

• cryptonymic
• cryptonymous

Translations

secret name, code name

• Bulgarian: кодово наименование n (kodovo naimenovanie)
• Czech: kryptonym m
• French: cryptonyme (fr) m
• German: Kryptonym (de) n
• Italian: criptonimo (it) m
• Polish: kryptonim (pl) m
• Portuguese: criptônimo (pt) m (Brazil), criptónimo (pt) m (Portugal)
• Slovak: kryptonym m
• Welsh: enw cudd m