"hyponymy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hyponymies [plural]
Etymology: From hypo- + -nymy or hyponym + -y. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|hypo|nymy}} hypo- + -nymy, {{suffix|en|hyponym|y}} hyponym + -y Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} hyponymy (countable and uncountable, plural hyponymies)
  1. (semantics) The semantic relation between hyponyms; the quality of being hyponymous. Wikipedia link: hyponymy Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Semantics Translations (Translations): hiponímia [feminine] (Catalan), hyponymie [feminine] (French), hiponimia [feminine] (Galician), ჰიპონიმია (hiṗonimia) (Georgian), Hyponymie [feminine] (German), Unterbegrifflichkeit [feminine] (German), υπωνυμία (yponymía) [feminine] (Greek), iponimia [feminine] (Italian), hiponimia [feminine] (Polish), hiponímia (Portuguese), гипонимия (giponimija) [feminine] (Russian), hiponimia [feminine] (Spanish)

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