hypernym

hypernym

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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—as, for example, insect being (a hypernym) for ant.

   “Musical instrument” is a hypernym of “guitar” because a guitar is a musical instrument.

   Hypernyms of “dog” and “cat” include “mammal”, “pet”, “carnivore”, and “quadruped”.

Synonyms

• hyperonym
• blanket term
• genus
• superordinate
• umbrella term

Antonyms

• hyponym
• species
• subordinate

Hypernyms

• term
• word

Coordinate terms

• synonym
• coordinate term
• More: see Wiktionary:Semantic relations

Derived terms

• hypernymic
• hypernymous
• hypernymy

Translations

superordinate grouping word

Armenian: սեռանիշ (hy) (seṙaniš) Catalan: hiperònim (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 上位詞／上位词 (shàngwèicí) Czech: hyperonymum (cs) n Danish: hypernym n, overbegreb (da) n, fællesbetegnelse c Dutch: hyperoniem (nl) n Finnish: yläkäsite (fi), hyperonyymi (fi) French: hyperonyme (fr) m Galician: hiperónimo (gl) m Georgian: ჰიპერნიმი (hiṗernimi) German: Oberbegriff (de) m, Hyperonym (de) Greek: υπερώνυμο (el) n (yperónymo) Hungarian: hiperonima (hu), fölérendelt fogalom/szó/név/kifejezés Icelandic: yfirheiti (is) n Indonesian: hipernim Italian: iperonimo (it) m Japanese: 上位語 (ja) (じょういご, jōigo) Korean: 상위어(上位語) (ko) (sang'wieo) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: hîpernîm (ku) f Norwegian: Bokmål: hyperonym (no) n, overbegrep n Nynorsk: hyperonym n, overbegrep n Polish: hiperonim (pl) m Portuguese: hiperónimo (pt) m (Portugal), hiperônimo (pt) m (Brazil) Russian: гиперо́ним (ru) m (giperónim) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: хиперо̀нӣм m Roman: hiperònīm (sh) m Spanish: hiperónimo (es) m Swedish: hyperonym (sv) c, överbegrepp n Turkish: şemsiye terim

See also

• has-a
• generalization
• is-a
• superset

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Danish

Adjective

hypernym

1. hypernymous

Inflection

Inflection of hypernym
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Common singular	hypernym	—	—2
Neuter singular	hypernymt	—	—2
Plural	hypernyme	—	—2
Definite attributive1	hypernyme	—	—
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Noun

hypernym n (singular definite hypernymet, plural indefinite hypernymer)

1. hypernym

   Synonym: overbegreb

Declension

Declension of hypernym

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hypernym	hypernymet	hypernymer	hypernymerne
genitive	hypernyms	hypernymets	hypernymers	hypernymernes