Meaning of Pseudonym | Babel Free
ˈs(j)uː.də(ʊ).nɪmDefinitions
A fictitious name (more literally, a false name), as those used by writers and movie stars.
Equivalents
Azərbaycanca
təxəllüs
Беларуская
псеўданім
བོད་སྐད
མིང་རྫུས་མ
Català
pseudònim
Čeština
pseudonym
Cymraeg
ffugenw
Dansk
pseudonym
Deutsch
Pseudonym
Ελληνικά
ψευδώνυμο
Español
seudónimo
Magyar
álnév
Italiano
pseudonimo
ქართული
ფსევდონიმი
Lietuvių
slapyvardis
Македонски
псевдоним
Polski
pseudonim
Português
pseudônimo
Română
pseudonim
Kiswahili
jina bandia
ไทย
นามแฝง
Українська
псевдонім
اردو
عرف
Oʻzbekcha
taxallus
Examples
“The Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson wrote "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll.”
“I doubt, indeed, whether I should not abandon the struggle altogether—leave this sad world of ordinary life for which I am so ill fitted, abandon the name of Cummins for some professional pseudonym, complete my self-effacement, and—a thing of tricks and tatters, of posing and pretence—go upon the stage.”
“The best example of its literary use so far are the German novel The Golem, by Gustav Meyrink, and the drama The Dybbuk, by the jewish writer using the pseudonym "Ansky".”
““I, at first, tried to say, ‘Well, maybe it was an accident. Maybe it got stuck in a printer.’ That was my first thought,” Parker, who requested to go by a pseudonym due to fear of retaliation, tells Them.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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