Phrase guide

pen name

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A fictitious name used by an author in place of their actual name; a writer's pseudonym.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nom de plume

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: alias, pseudonym

2

noun

Meaning 2

an author's pseudonym

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nom de plume

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pseudonym, anonym, nom de guerre

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Breton: anv-pluenn — writer's pseudonym
  • Bulgarian: литературен псевдоним (literaturen psevdonim) — writer's pseudonym
  • Chinese Mandarin: 筆名 /笔名 (bǐmíng) — writer's pseudonym
  • Dutch: pseudoniem — writer's pseudonym
  • Faroese: dulnevni — writer's pseudonym
  • Faroese: skaldanavn — writer's pseudonym
  • Faroese: huldunavn — writer's pseudonym
  • Finnish: nimimerkki — writer's pseudonym
  • Finnish: kirjailijanimi — writer's pseudonym
  • French: nom de plume — writer's pseudonym
  • French: pseudonyme — writer's pseudonym
  • Georgian: ფსევდონიმი (psevdonimi) — writer's pseudonym
  • Georgian: ლიტერატურული ფსევდონიმი (liṭeraṭuruli psevdonimi) — writer's pseudonym
  • German: Schriftstellername — writer's pseudonym
  • German: Künstlername — writer's pseudonym
  • Hebrew: שם עט (shem et) — writer's pseudonym
  • Hindi: छद्मनाम (chadmanām) — writer's pseudonym
  • Hungarian: írói álnév — writer's pseudonym
  • Indonesian: nama samaran — writer's pseudonym
  • Indonesian: pseudonim — writer's pseudonym
  • Indonesian: nom de plume — writer's pseudonym
  • Irish: ainm bréige — writer's pseudonym
  • Irish: ainm cleite — writer's pseudonym
  • Italian: nome di penna — writer's pseudonym
  • Japanese: ペンネーム (pennēmu) — writer's pseudonym
  • Japanese: 筆名 (hitsumei) — writer's pseudonym
  • Korean: 펜네임 (penneim) — writer's pseudonym
  • Korean: 필명 (pilmyeong) — writer's pseudonym
  • Malayalam: തൂലികാനാമം (tūlikānāmaṁ) — writer's pseudonym
  • Māori: ingoa tito — writer's pseudonym
  • Norman: nom-d'plieunme — writer's pseudonym
  • Polish: pseudonim literacki — writer's pseudonym
  • Portuguese: pseudônimo — writer's pseudonym
  • Russian: псевдони́м (psevdoním) — writer's pseudonym
  • Russian: литерату́рный псевдони́м (literatúrnyj psevdoním) — writer's pseudonym
  • Spanish: seudónimo — writer's pseudonym
  • Swedish: författarnamn — writer's pseudonym
  • Tagalog: sagisag-panulat — writer's pseudonym
  • Thai: นามปากกา (naam-bpàak-gaa) — writer's pseudonym
  • Turkish: kalem adı — writer's pseudonym
  • Turkish: mahlas — writer's pseudonym
  • Turkish: müstear isim — writer's pseudonym
  • Vietnamese: biệt hiệu — writer's pseudonym
  • Vietnamese: bút danh — writer's pseudonym
  • Vietnamese: tên chữ — writer's pseudonym
  • Vietnamese: tên tự — writer's pseudonym