orthonym

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orthonym

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From ortho- + -onym.

noun orthonyms

The real name of a person who uses a pseudonym. “Samuel Langhorne Clemens” is the orthonym of “Mark Twain”.
Similar: autonym, alethonym · Opposite: pseudonym, allonym, alias, pen name, nom de plume, stage name, nom de guerre
The correct word for a concept in a specified language. This technique is illustrated by Example Two (Figure 6) where the non-native speaker (NNS) is searching for the orthonym, proposes a German word which is then translated by one of the native speakers (NS) of French.
Opposite: mistranslation

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@misc{orthonym_2026,
  title = {orthonym},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/orthonym},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}