cryptonym

English

Etymology

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

Noun

cryptonym (plural cryptonyms)

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

Translations

secret name, code name

Bulgarian: кодово наименование n (kodovo naimenovanie)
French: cryptonyme (fr) m
German: Kryptonym (de) n
Italian: criptonimo (it) m
Polish: kryptonim (pl) m
Portuguese: criptônimo (pt) m (Brazil), criptónimo (pt) m (Portugal)
Welsh: enw cudd m

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