"subcategory" meaning in English

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Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ́ (kătắ) Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ- (kătă-) Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger- Proto-Indo-European *h₂goréh₂ Proto-Hellenic *agorā́ Ancient Greek ἀγορᾱ́ (agorā́) Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús) Ancient Greek -εύω (-eúō) Ancient Greek ἀγορεύω (agoreúō) Ancient Greek κᾰτήγορος (kătḗgoros) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek κᾰτηγορέω (kătēgoréō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek κᾰτηγορῐ́ᾱ (kătēgorĭ́ā)bor. Late Latin catēgoriader. Middle French categorie French catégoriebor. Middle English English category English subcategory From sub- + category. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|sub-|category|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ́ (kătắ) Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ- (kătă-) Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger- Proto-Indo-European *h₂goréh₂ Proto-Hellenic *agorā́ Ancient Greek ἀγορᾱ́ (agorā́) Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús) Ancient Greek -εύω (-eúō) Ancient Greek ἀγορεύω (agoreúō) Ancient Greek κᾰτήγορος (kătḗgoros) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek κᾰτηγορέω (kătēgoréō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek κᾰτηγορῐ́ᾱ (kătēgorĭ́ā)bor. Late Latin catēgoriader. Middle French categorie French catégoriebor. 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  1. With respect to a given category; a narrower category.
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  2. (category theory) A subclass of a category which is itself a category, whose arrows are a restriction of the arrows of the parent category, and whose composition rule is a restriction of the parent category's. Synonyms: child category, supercategory
    Sense id: en-subcategory-en-noun-aXTgfl9G Categories (other): Category theory Topics: category-theory, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: category Translations (more narrow category): podkategorie [feminine] (Czech), subcategorie [feminine] (Dutch), sous-catégorie [feminine] (French), ქვეკატეგორია (kveḳaṭegoria) (Georgian), Unterkategorie (German), υποκατηγορία (ypokatigoría) [feminine] (Greek), hlutríki [neuter] (Icelandic), fochatagóir [feminine] (Irish), sottocategoria [feminine] (Italian), подкатеґория (podkategorija) [feminine] (Pannonian Rusyn), podkategoria [feminine] (Polish), subcategoria [feminine] (Portuguese), подкатегория (podkategorija) (Russian), alt kategori (Turkish)
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
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      "sense": "more narrow category",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "sense": "more narrow category",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "more narrow category",
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      "sense": "more narrow category",
      "word": "ქვეკატეგორია"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "more narrow category",
      "word": "Unterkategorie"
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      "sense": "more narrow category",
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      "word": "υποκατηγορία"
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      "word": "подкатеґория"
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      "sense": "more narrow category",
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