-onym

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Alternative forms

• -nym

Etymology

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Ancient Greek ὄνυμα (ónuma), Doric and Aeolic dialectal form of ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”); compare also -onymy § Etymology.

Suffix

-onym

1. word
2. name

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -onym

acronym

affectonym

agionym

agnonym

agronym

alethonym

allonym

anachronym

anacronym

andronym

Anglonym

anonym

anonymous

antagonym

anthroponym

anthroponymous

anthropotoponym

antonym

apronym

aptonym

aptronym

asteronym

astronym

astyonym

autoantonym

autoethnonym

autoglossonym

autoglottonym

autolinguonym

autonym

avonymic

backronym

basionym

basonym

bionym

caconym

capitonym

charactonym

cheironym

choronym

chrematonym

chromonym

chrononym

cohyponym

comeronym

contronym

cryptonym

demonym

dendronym

deonym

dionym

endoethnonym

endonym

ergonym

ethnonym

euonym

euphonym

exoethnonym

exonym

genonym

geonym

gerontonym

glossonym

glottonym

hagionym

hagiotoponym

hemihomonym

heterobasionym

heteronym

hodonym

holonym

homonym

hydronym

hyperonym

hyponym

hyponymic

hyponymically

hyponymous

ichthyonym

idionym

ironym

isonym

limnonym

linguonym

matronym

matronymic

meronym

metonym

metronym

mononym

myonymy

mythonym

necronym

neonym

nesonym

netcronym

odonym

oikonym

ornithonym

oronym

orthonym

paleonym

papponymic

parasynonym

paronym

partonym

patronym

patronymic

phantonym

phytonym

plesionym

poecilonym

politonym

polyonym

potamonym

protonym

pseudonym

retronym

slangonym

sniglonym

spinonym

synisonym

synonym

tautonym

taxonym

teknonym

telonym

textonym

theonym

trionym

troponym

typonym

urbanonym

xenonym

zoonym

Related terms

• English terms suffixed with -nym
• onymity, onymous, onymously

Translations

word

Catalan: -ònim (ca) m Danish: -onym n French: -onyme (fr) m Galician: -ónimo (gl) m German: -onym Hungarian: -onima Italian: -onimo (it) m Norwegian: Bokmål: -onym n Nynorsk: -onym n Portuguese: -ónimo (pt) (Portugal), -ônimo (pt) m (Brazil) Romanian: -onim n Sicilian: -ònimu m Spanish: -ónimo (es) m

name

Polish: -onim (pl) m

Anagrams

• -mony, -nomy, mony, myon

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὄνυμα (ónuma).

Suffix

-onym n

1. -onym

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål terms suffixed with -onym

akronym

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὄνυμα (ónuma).

Suffix

-onym n

1. -onym

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk terms suffixed with -onym

akronym

References

• “-onym” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.nɘm/
• Rhymes: -ɔnɘm
• Syllabification: -o‧nym

Suffix

-onym

1. inflection of -ony:
   1. masculine/neuter instrumental/locative singular
   2. virile/nonvirile dative plural