cryptonym - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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

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cryptonym (plural cryptonyms)

1. A secret name, a code name.
   The spy was known only by his cryptonym, 'Shadow'.

• cryptonymic
• cryptonymous

secret name, code name

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