-onyme

French, suffix/ɔ.nim/

-onyme is a French suffix meaning “-onym” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Élément de composition permettant la construction de mots savants, signifiant « nom » ou « mot »”.

What does -onyme mean in English?

suffix

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-onym

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

suffix: 1. Élément de composition permettant la construction de mots savants, signifiant « nom » ou « mot ».

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

How do you pronounce -onyme?

/ɔ.nim/
\ɔ.nim\
\o.nim\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.