"hypernym" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhaɪpənɪm/ [UK], /ˈhaɪpɚnɪm/ [Canada, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Qwertygiy-hypernym.wav Forms: hypernyms [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪm Etymology: From hyper- (“over”) + -nym (“name”). From Ancient Greek roots; compare Latinate “superordinate term”. Etymology templates: {{af|en|hyper-|-nym|t1=over|t2=name}} hyper- (“over”) + -nym (“name”), {{der|en|grc|-}} Ancient Greek Head templates: {{en-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. Wikipedia link: hyponymy and hypernymy Categories (topical): Semantics Synonyms: hyperonym, blanket term, genus, superordinate#Noun, umbrella term Derived forms: hypernymic, hypernymous, hypernymy Related terms: generalization, has-a, holonym, is-a, superset Translations (superordinate grouping word): սեռանիշ (seṙaniš) (Armenian), hiperònim [masculine] (Catalan), 上位詞 (Chinese Mandarin), 上位词 (shàngwèicí) (Chinese Mandarin), hyperonymum [neuter] (Czech), hypernym [neuter] (Danish), overbegreb [neuter] (Danish), fællesbetegnelse [common-gender] (Danish), hyperoniem [neuter] (Dutch), koepelwoord [neuter] (Dutch), yläkäsite (Finnish), hyperonyymi (Finnish), hyperonyme [masculine] (French), hiperónimo [masculine] (Galician), ჰიპერნიმი (hiṗernimi) (Georgian), Oberbegriff [masculine] (German), Hyperonym [neuter] (German), υπερώνυμο (yperónymo) [neuter] (Greek), hiperonima (Hungarian), fölérendelt fogalom/szó/név/kifejezés (Hungarian), yfirheiti [neuter] (Icelandic), hipernim (Indonesian), scáth-théarma [masculine] (Irish), iperonimo [masculine] (Italian), 上位語 (jōigo) (alt: じょういご) (Japanese), 상위어 (sang'wieo) (alt: 上位語) (Korean), hîpernîm [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), hyperonym [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), overbegrep [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), hyperonym [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), overbegrep [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), hiperonim [masculine] (Polish), hiperónimo [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), hiperônimo [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), гиперо́ним (giperónim) [masculine] (Russian), хиперо̀нӣм [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), hiperònīm [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), hyperonymum [neuter] (Slovak), hiperónimo [masculine] (Spanish), hyperonym [common-gender] (Swedish), överbegrepp [neuter] (Swedish), şemsiye terim (Turkish), từ thượng vị (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-hypernym-en-noun-9qJqTWLL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with hyper-, English terms suffixed with -nym, Entries with translation boxes, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 35 0 65 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 0 53 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, semantics

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        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with Georgian translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Icelandic translations",
        "Terms with Indonesian translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Northern Kurdish translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Slovak translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
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          "word": "genus"
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        "US"
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "seṙaniš",
      "sense": "superordinate grouping word",
      "word": "սեռանիշ"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "superordinate grouping word",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "hiperònim"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "superordinate grouping word",
      "word": "上位詞"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shàngwèicí",
      "sense": "superordinate grouping word",
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "superordinate grouping word",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hyperonymum"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "superordinate grouping word",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hypernym"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "superordinate grouping word",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "overbegreb"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "superordinate grouping word",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "fællesbetegnelse"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "superordinate grouping word",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hyperoniem"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "superordinate grouping word",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "koepelwoord"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "superordinate grouping word",
      "word": "yläkäsite"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "word": "hyperonyymi"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "superordinate grouping word",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "hyperonyme"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "superordinate grouping word",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hiperónimo"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "hiṗernimi",
      "sense": "superordinate grouping word",
      "word": "ჰიპერნიმი"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "superordinate grouping word",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Oberbegriff"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "superordinate grouping word",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Hyperonym"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "yperónymo",
      "sense": "superordinate grouping word",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "υπερώνυμο"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "superordinate grouping word",
      "word": "hiperonima"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "superordinate grouping word",
      "word": "fölérendelt fogalom/szó/név/kifejezés"
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    {
      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "superordinate grouping word",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "yfirheiti"
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    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "superordinate grouping word",
      "word": "hipernim"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "superordinate grouping word",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scáth-théarma"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "superordinate grouping word",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "iperonimo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じょういご",
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "jōigo",
      "sense": "superordinate grouping word",
      "word": "上位語"
    },
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      "alt": "上位語",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sang'wieo",
      "sense": "superordinate grouping word",
      "word": "상위어"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "superordinate grouping word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hîpernîm"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "superordinate grouping word",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "hyperonym"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "superordinate grouping word",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "overbegrep"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "superordinate grouping word",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hyperonym"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "superordinate grouping word",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "overbegrep"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "superordinate grouping word",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hiperonim"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "superordinate grouping word",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hiperónimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "superordinate grouping word",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hiperônimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "giperónim",
      "sense": "superordinate grouping word",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гиперо́ним"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "superordinate grouping word",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "хиперо̀нӣм"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "superordinate grouping word",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hiperònīm"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "superordinate grouping word",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hyperonymum"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "superordinate grouping word",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hiperónimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "superordinate grouping word",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hyperonym"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "superordinate grouping word",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "överbegrepp"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "superordinate grouping word",
      "word": "şemsiye terim"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "superordinate grouping word",
      "word": "từ thượng vị"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hypernym"
}

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