"hyponym" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhaɪpəʊ.nɪm/ [UK], /ˈhaɪpə.nɪm/ [UK], /ˈhaɪ.poʊ.nɪm/ [Canada, US], /ˈhaɪpə.nɪm/ [Canada, US] Audio: En-ca-hyponym.ogg Forms: hyponyms [plural]
Etymology: hyp- + -onym = hypo- + -nym; from Ancient Greek ὑπό (hupó, “under”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma) ("appellation"), a Doric specific dialectal form of ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”). Etymology templates: {{confix|en|hyp|onym}} hyp- + -onym, {{confix|en|hypo|nym}} hypo- + -nym, {{der|en|grc|ὑπό||under}} Ancient Greek ὑπό (hupó, “under”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} hyponym (plural hyponyms)
  1. (semantics) A more specific term; a subordinate grouping word or phrase; a term designating a subclass of another more general class described by the given word. Categories (topical): Semantics Synonyms: subordinate Derived forms: cohyponym, cohyponymous, hyponymic, hyponymous, hyponymy Related terms: category, class, kind, instance, specialization, subcategory, subdivision, subset, subtype, type Coordinate_terms: synonym, meronym, troponym (english: the corresponding idea, as applied to verbs), More: see Wiktionary:Semantic relations Translations (more specific word): տեսականիշ (tesakaniš) (Armenian), hipònim [masculine] (Catalan), 下義詞 (Chinese Mandarin), 下义词 (xiàyìcí) (Chinese Mandarin), 下位詞 (Chinese Mandarin), 下位词 (xiàwèicí) (Chinese Mandarin), hyponymum [neuter] (Czech), hyponym [neuter] (Danish), underbegreb [neuter] (Danish), hyponiem [neuter] (Dutch), hiponimo (Esperanto), alakäsite (Finnish), hyponyymi (Finnish), hyponyme [masculine] (French), hipónimo [masculine] (Galician), ჰიპონიმი (hiṗonimi) (Georgian), Unterbegriff [masculine] (German), Hyponym [neuter] (German), υπώνυμο (ypónymo) [neuter] (Greek), hiponima (Hungarian), alárendelt fogalom/szó/név/kifejezés (Hungarian), undirheiti [neuter] (Icelandic), hiponim (Indonesian), iponimo [masculine] (Italian), 下位語 (kaigo) (alt: かいご) (Japanese), 하위어 (hawieo) (Korean), 하의어 (hauieo) (Korean), hiponim (Malay), hîponîm (Northern Kurdish), iponim [Gascon, masculine] (Occitan), hiponim [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), hipónimo [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), hipônimo [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), hiponim [neuter] (Romanian), гипо́ним (gipónim) [masculine] (Russian), хипо̀нӣм [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), hipònīm [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), podpomenka [feminine] (Slovene), hipónimo [masculine] (Spanish), hyponym [common-gender] (Swedish), alt kavram (Turkish), từ hạ vị (Vietnamese), dizotrin mot [masculine] (Walloon)

Inflected forms

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          "code": "da",
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "more specific word",
          "word": "alakäsite"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "more specific word",
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "more specific word",
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        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "more specific word",
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "hiṗonimi",
          "sense": "more specific word",
          "word": "ჰიპონიმი"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "more specific word",
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            "masculine"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "more specific word",
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          "word": "Hyponym"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ypónymo",
          "sense": "more specific word",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "υπώνυμο"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "more specific word",
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "more specific word",
          "word": "alárendelt fogalom/szó/név/kifejezés"
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "more specific word",
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "more specific word",
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        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "more specific word",
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        {
          "alt": "かいご",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
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          "lang": "Korean",
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  "etymology_text": "hyp- + -onym = hypo- + -nym; from Ancient Greek ὑπό (hupó, “under”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma) (\"appellation\"), a Doric specific dialectal form of ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).",
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      "word": "instance"
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        "English terms prefixed with hyp-",
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        "English terms suffixed with -onym",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with homophones",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Terms with Armenian translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto 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 Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Malay translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Northern Kurdish translations",
        "Terms with Occitan translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Slovene translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
        "Terms with Walloon translations",
        "en:Semantics"
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        {
          "text": "The words “dog”, “cat”, and “human” are hyponyms of “animal” because dogs, cats, and humans are types of animal.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1977, Ruth Kempson, Semantic Theory, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, page 86",
          "text": "Woman itself has as other hyponyms, sculptress and waitress, but is itself a hyponym of adult.",
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        }
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        "A more specific term; a subordinate grouping word or phrase; a term designating a subclass of another more general class described by the given word."
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          "term#English:_name_for_a_concept"
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        "(semantics) A more specific term; a subordinate grouping word or phrase; a term designating a subclass of another more general class described by the given word."
      ],
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        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences",
        "semantics"
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      "ipa": "/ˈhaɪpəʊ.nɪm/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
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      "ipa": "/ˈhaɪpə.nɪm/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "hypernym"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhaɪ.poʊ.nɪm/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhaɪpə.nɪm/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US"
      ]
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "tesakaniš",
      "sense": "more specific word",
      "word": "տեսականիշ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "more specific word",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hipònim"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "more specific word",
      "word": "下義詞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiàyìcí",
      "sense": "more specific word",
      "word": "下义词"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "more specific word",
      "word": "下位詞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiàwèicí",
      "sense": "more specific word",
      "word": "下位词"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "more specific word",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hyponymum"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "more specific word",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hyponym"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "more specific word",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "underbegreb"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "more specific word",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hyponiem"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "more specific word",
      "word": "hiponimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "more specific word",
      "word": "alakäsite"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "more specific word",
      "word": "hyponyymi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "more specific word",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hyponyme"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "more specific word",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hipónimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "hiṗonimi",
      "sense": "more specific word",
      "word": "ჰიპონიმი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "more specific word",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Unterbegriff"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "more specific word",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Hyponym"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ypónymo",
      "sense": "more specific word",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "υπώνυμο"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "more specific word",
      "word": "hiponima"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "more specific word",
      "word": "alárendelt fogalom/szó/név/kifejezés"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "more specific word",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "undirheiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "more specific word",
      "word": "hiponim"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "more specific word",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "iponimo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かいご",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kaigo",
      "sense": "more specific word",
      "word": "下位語"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hawieo",
      "sense": "more specific word",
      "word": "하위어"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hauieo",
      "sense": "more specific word",
      "word": "하의어"
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    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "more specific word",
      "word": "hîponîm"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "more specific word",
      "word": "hiponim"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "more specific word",
      "tags": [
        "Gascon",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "iponim"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "more specific word",
      "tags": [
        "inanimate",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hiponim"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "more specific word",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hipónimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "more specific word",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hipônimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "more specific word",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hiponim"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gipónim",
      "sense": "more specific word",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гипо́ним"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "more specific word",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "хипо̀нӣм"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "more specific word",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hipònīm"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "more specific word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "podpomenka"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "more specific word",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hipónimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "more specific word",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hyponym"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "more specific word",
      "word": "alt kavram"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "more specific word",
      "word": "từ hạ vị"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "more specific word",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dizotrin mot"
    }
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}

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