umbrella term

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, hypernym (technical)

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

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 (zh), 总称 (zh) (zǒngchēng), 統稱 (zh), 统称 (zh) (tǒngchēng) Danish: fællesbetegnelse c Dutch: please add this translation if you can Finnish: yläkäsite (fi), kattotermi French: terme générique (fr) m

German: Oberbegriff (de) m Hungarian: gyűjtőnév (hu) Italian: termine generico m; Romanian: termen generic m Russian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: hiperónimo (es) m Swedish: överbegrepp n