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username

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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noun

Meaning 1

A name or string of characters used as a person's identification on an individual computer system.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • His username and password on his Apple PC is VolvestarcXXX.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: access, access code, credential, handle, identity, login name

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: name

History

Etymology

From user + name.

Across languages

Translations

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: اِسْم مُسْتَخْدِم (ism mustaḵdim) — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Armenian: օգտանուն (ōgtanun) — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Azerbaijani: işlədici adı — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Bulgarian: потребителско име (potrebitelsko ime) — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Catalan: nom d'usuari — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Chinese Mandarin: 用戶名 /用户名 (yònghùmíng) — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Chinese Mandarin: 使用者名稱 /使用者名称 (shǐyòngzhě míngchēng) — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Danish: brugernavn — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Dutch: gebruikersnaam — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Esperanto: salutnomo — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Estonian: kasutajanimi — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Finnish: käyttäjänimi — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Finnish: käyttäjätunnus — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • French: nom d'utilisateur — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • French: identifiant — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Galician: nome de usuario — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Georgian: მომხმარებლის სახელი (momxmareblis saxeli) — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • German: Benutzername — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Greek: χρηστώνυμο (christónymo) — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Greek: όνομα χρήστη (ónoma chrísti) — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Hebrew: שם משתמש — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Hungarian: felhasználónév — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Icelandic: notandanafn — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Ido: uzantonomo — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Ido: uzeronomo — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Irish: ainm úsáideora — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Italian: nome utente — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Japanese: ユーザー名 (yūzā-mei) — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Japanese: 利用者名 (riyōshamei) — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Japanese: ログイン (roguin) — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Korean: 로그인 (rogeu'in) — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Korean: 사용자명 (sayongjamyeong) — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Korean: 사용자 이름 (sayongja ireum) — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Latin: nōmen ūsitatōris — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Malay: nama pengguna — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Māori: ingoa kaiwhakamahi — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Norwegian Bokmål: brukernavn — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Polish: nazwa użytkownika — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Polish: login — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Portuguese: username — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Portuguese: nome de usuário — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Portuguese: nome de utilizador — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Portuguese: usuário — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Romanian: nume de utilizator — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Russian: и́мя по́льзователя (ímja pólʹzovatelja) — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Russian: и́мя учётной за́писи по́льзователя (ímja učótnoj zápisi pólʹzovatelja) — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Russian: логи́н (logín) — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Spanish: nombre de usuario — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Swedish: användarnamn — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Tagalog: bansag — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Thai: ชื่อผู้ใช้ (chʉ̂ʉ-pûu-chái) — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Turkish: kullanıcı adı — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Turkish: kullanıcı ismi — a person's identification on an individual computer system
  • Welsh: enw defnyddiwr — a person's identification on an individual computer system