Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
An infraspecific name in which the specific epithet is repeated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy
Synonyms: type variety
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language, as opposed to a name given to them by other groups.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anthropology, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
Synonyms: endonym, selfname
Antonyms: exonym, xenonym
noun
The true name of a person or other entity, especially an author.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: orthonym, alethonym
Antonyms: pseudonym, allonym, alias, pen name, nom de plume, nom de clavier, nom de Web, stage name, nom de guerre
noun
A work published under the author's true name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: allonym
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2ewder.? Proto-Indo-European *sóder.? Proto-Indo-European *h2ewder. Ancient Greek αὖ (aû) Ancient Greek τόν (tón)? Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-)lbor. English auto- Proto-Indo-European *h1nómn̥ Proto-Graeco-Phrygian *ónomã Proto-Indo-European *h1nómn̥ Proto-Hellenic *ónomə Ancient Greek ὄνῠμᾰ (ónŭmă)der. New Latinder. English -onym English autonym From auto- (“self”) + -onym (“name”).
