hypernym

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek hyper- (“over”) +‎ -nym (“name”). From Greek roots; compare Latinate “superordinate term”.

PronunciationEdit

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪpənɪm/
  • Homophone: hyponym
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪpɚnɪm/
• Rhymes: -ɪm

NounEdit

hypernym (plural hypernyms)

1. (semantics) A superordinate word or phrase; a term whose referents form a set which includes as a subset the referents of a subordinate term.

   "Musical instrument" is a hypernym of "guitar" because a guitar is a musical instrument.

SynonymsEdit

• (superordinate): blanket term, genus, superordinate, hyperonym, superset, umbrella term

AntonymsEdit

• (superordinate): hyponym, species, subordinate

HypernymsEdit

• word

Derived termsEdit

• hypernymic
• hypernymous
• hypernymy

TranslationsEdit

superordinate grouping word

• Armenian: հիպերոնիմ (hiperonim), սեռանիշ (seṙaniš) (rare), տեսականիշ (tesakaniš) (rare)
• Catalan: hiperònim (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 上位詞, 上位词 (shàngwèicí)

• Czech: hyperonymum (cs) n
• Dutch: hyperoniem (nl) n
• Finnish: yläkäsite (fi), hyperonyymi (fi)
• French: hyperonyme (fr) m
• German: Oberbegriff (de) m, Hyperonym (de)
• Icelandic: yfirheiti (is) n

• Italian: iperonimo (it) m
• Japanese: 上位語 (じょういご, jōigo)
• Polish: hiperonim (pl) m
• Portuguese: hiperónimo (pt) m, hiperônimo (pt) m
• Russian: гиперо́ним (ru) m (giperónim)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: хиперо̀нӣм m

  Roman: hiperònīm (sh) m

• Spanish: hiperónimo (es) m
• Swedish: hyperonym (sv) c

See alsoEdit

• is-a
• has-a