umbrella term

English

Noun

umbrella term (plural umbrella terms)

1. A term used to cover a broad category of things rather than a single specific item.

   Synonyms: blanket term, (technical) hypernym

   “Cryptology” is an umbrella term that encompasses cryptography and cryptanalysis.

   • 2014, Tommaso M. Milani, Language and Masculinities: Performances, Intersections, Dislocations, Routledge, →ISBN, page 197:

     Transmasculine is an umbrella term referring to individuals who were assigned to a female gender role at birth but at some point come to self-identify as men, or with some other masculine identity, rather than seeing themselves as women.

   • 2017, Michael R. Kauth, Jillian C. Shipherd, Adult Transgender Care: An Interdisciplinary Approach for Training Mental Health Professionals, Routledge, →ISBN:

Translations

term covering a broad category of things

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 總稱／总称 (zong² cing¹), 統稱／统称 (tung² cing¹)

  Mandarin: 總稱／总称 (zh) (zǒngchēng), 統稱／统称 (zh) (tǒngchēng)

• Danish: fællesbetegnelse c
• Dutch: verzamelnaam (nl) m
• Finnish: yläkäsite (fi), kattotermi
• French: terme générique (fr) m
• German: Oberbegriff (de) m, Sammelbegriff (de) m
• Hungarian: gyűjtőnév (hu), gyűjtőfogalom (hu)
• Italian: termine generico m
• Romanian: termen generic m
• Russian: общее понятие n (obščeje ponjatije)
• Spanish: término paraguas m
• Swedish: samlingsnamn (sv) n, överbegrepp n
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can