Meaning

2 senses

  1. The real name of a person who uses a pseudonym.

    “Samuel Langhorne Clemens” is the orthonym of “Mark Twain”.

  2. The correct word for a concept in a specified language.

Origin

From ortho- + -onym.

From ortho- + -onym.

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Forms

plural: orthonyms
Singularorthonym
Pluralorthonyms

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
autonymalethonym

Antonyms

8 antonyms
pseudonymallonymaliaspen namenom de plumestage namenom de guerremistranslation

Word family

3 related words
RelatedanonymousB2orthonymousautonymous

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
orthodoxyorthographicorthographyoryxoscillateosmosisosprey
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