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-onym
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English
Alternative forms
en -nym
Pronunciation
-ə-nĭm; en /ə.nɪm/
en /-ə.nɪm/ ; /-ʌ.nɪm/<a:also <<ScE>>> RP,GenAm,CanE,AuE,ScE
en /-ə.nəm/ NZE
en -o nym
Etymology 1
-onym
en word/name :bor la-new:-ōnymum 1
From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting the en la-new - classical compound combining form la -ōnymum n, from the nominalization of en grc -ώνυμον, the neuter of grc -ώνυμος -onymous, from 1 grc ὄνυμα<pos:Doric and Aeolic dialectal form of grc ὄνομα name> -ος<id:adjective><pos:adjective-forming suffix>; compare also en -onymy#Etymology -onymy § Etymology.
Suffix
-onyms
en Q3274360 A combining form meaning “word” or “name”, used in terms that denote a particular kind of word or name.
en -onymic
en word word.
en anti-<t:opposite> antonym<t:opposite word>
en epi-<t:upon; after> eponym<t:word (or name) derived from a proper noun>
en name name.
en pseudo-<t:false> pseudonym<t:false name>
en topo-<t:place> toponym<t:name of a place>
en thalasso-<t:sea> thalassonym<t:name of a sea>
en anthropo-<t:person> anthroponym<t:name of a person>
en ornitho-<t:bird> ornithonym<t:name of a (species of) bird>
Derived terms
en word/name
Translations
word word
Catalan: ca -ònim m
Danish: da -onym n
Esperanto: eo -onimo
French: fr -onyme noun m
Galician: gl -ónimo m
German: de -onym n
Greek: el -ώνυμο n
Hungarian: hu -onima
Ido: io -onimo
Interlingua: ia -onyme
Italian: it -onimo noun -ònimo m
Latin: la -ōnymum n
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb -onym n
Nynorsk: nn -onym n
Polish: pl -onim m-in
Portuguese:
Brazilian Portuguese: pt -ônimo m
European Portuguese: pt -ónimo m
Romanian: ro -onim n
Sicilian: scn -ònimu m
Spanish: es -ónimo noun m
Volapük: vo
name name
Catalan: ca -ònim m
Danish: da
Esperanto: eo -onimo
French: fr -onyme noun m
Galician: gl
German: de -onym n
Greek: el -ώνυμο n, el -ωνύμιο n
Hungarian: hu
Ido: io -onimo
Interlingua: ia -onyme
Italian: it -onimo noun m
Latin: la -ōnymum n
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb
Nynorsk: nn
Polish: pl -onim m-in
Portuguese:
Brazilian Portuguese: pt -ônimo m
European Portuguese: pt -ónimo m
Romanian: ro
Sicilian: scn
Spanish: es -ónimo noun m
Volapük: vo
Etymology 2
en -onymous :bor fr:-onyme<id:adjective><t:-onymous> 1
en fr -onyme<id:adjective><t:-onymous><pos:suffix forming adjectives (often nominalizable)>, from en la -ōnymos//-ōnymus<pos:adjective-forming suffix>, from en grc -ώνυμος<pos:adjective-forming suffix>, from 1 grc ὄνυμα<pos:Doric and Aeolic dialectal form of grc ὄνομα name> -ος<id:adjective><pos:adjective-forming suffix>. en -onymous.
Suffix
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fr rare obsolete -onymous
en pseudo- pseudonym<id:adjective><t:pseudonymous><pos:a><qq:obsolete>
Translations
-onymous
Suffix
-onyms
en person fr no longer productive -onymous person
en an- anonym<t:anonymous person>
en epi- eponym<t:eponymous person>
Derived terms
en -onymous
Translations
-onymous person
Catalan: ca -ònim m, ca -ònima f
French: fr -onyme person mfbysense
Italian: it -onimo m, it -onima f
Latin: la -ōnymos//-ōnymus m, la -ōnymos//-ōnyma f
Polish: pl -onim m-pr
Portuguese:
Brazilian Portuguese: pt -ônimo m, pt -ônima f
European Portuguese: pt -ónimo m, pt -ónima f
Spanish: es -ónimo m, es -ónima f
Related terms
English terms suffixed with -nym
en onymity, en -onymous, en onymous, en onymously
Further reading
Anagrams
en mnoy -mony -nomy mony myon
Danish
Etymology
da :der grc:ὄνομα<id:name><alt:ὄνῠμα>
da grc ὄνομα ὄνῠμα name name.
Pronunciation
da [-oˈnyˀm]
da ym 2
da -o nym
Suffix
da suffix n
en -onym
da akro- akronym
da homo- homonym
da hypo- hyponym
Declension
et er
Derived terms
da
da noun-forming suffixes
German
Pronunciation
de [-oˈnyːm]
de yːm 2
de -o nym
Etymology 1
de -onymous :bor fr:-onyme<id:adjective><t:-onymous> 1
de fr -onyme<id:adjective><t:-onymous><pos:suffix forming adjectives (often nominalizable)>, from de la -ōnymos//-ōnymus<pos:adjective-forming suffix>, from de grc -ώνυμος<pos:adjective-forming suffix>, from 1 grc ὄνυμα<pos:Doric and Aeolic dialectal form of grc ὄνομα name> -ος<id:adjective><pos:adjective-forming suffix>.
Suffix
de suffix
en -onymous (having a specified number or type of names)
de an- anonym<t:having no name>
de mono- mononym<t:having one name>
de polyo- polyonym<t:having multiple names>
de pseudo- pseudonym<t:having a false name>
de epi- eponym
Declension
Derived terms
de -onymisieren * -onymisierung -onymität
Etymology 2
de word/name :bor la-new:-ōnymum 1
From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting the de la-new - classical compound combining form la -ōnymum n, from the nominalization of de grc -ώνυμον, the neuter of grc -ώνυμος -onymous, from 1 grc ὄνυμα<pos:Doric and Aeolic dialectal form of grc ὄνομα name> -ος<id:adjective><pos:adjective-forming suffix>.
Suffix
de suffix n
en -onym word/name
de -onymum<g:n><q:archaic>
de anti- Antonym
de akro- Akronym
de homo- Homonym
de hypo- Hyponym
Declension
n
Derived terms
de
de adjective-forming suffixes noun-forming suffixes
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
nb :der grc:ὄνομα<id:name><alt:ὄνῠμα>
From nb grc ὄνομα ὄνῠμα name name.
Suffix
nb suffix n
en -onym
nb akro- akronym
Derived terms
nb
nb noun-forming suffixes
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
nn :der grc:ὄνομα<id:name><alt:ὄνῠμα>
From nn grc ὄνομα ὄνῠμα name name.
Suffix
nn suffix n
en -onym
nn akro- akronym
Derived terms
nn
References
nn noun-forming suffixes
Polish
Pronunciation
Suffix
pl suffix form
pl -ony m//n ins//loc s ; dat p