hypernym

English

Etymology

From hyper- (“over”) +‎ -nym (“name”). From Ancient Greek roots; compare Latinate “superordinate term”.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪpənɪm/
  • Homophone: hyponym
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪpɚnɪm/

  • Audio (General American):

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• Rhymes: -ɪm

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.

   Synonyms: hyperonym, blanket term, genus, superordinate, umbrella term

   Antonyms: hyponym, species, subordinate

   Hypernyms: term, word

   Coordinate terms: synonym, coordinate term; more at Wiktionary:Semantic relations

   “Musical instrument” is a hypernym of “guitar” because a guitar is a musical instrument: a guitar belongs to a class or type of musical instruments.

   Hypernyms of “dog” and “cat” include “mammal”, “pet”, “carnivore”, and “quadruped”.

Derived terms

• hypernymic
• hypernymous
• hypernymy

Translations

superordinate grouping word

• Armenian: սեռանիշ (hy) (seṙaniš)
• Catalan: hiperònim (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 上位詞 / 上位词 (shàngwèicí)

• Czech: hyperonymum (cs) n
• Danish: hypernym n, overbegreb (da) n, fællesbetegnelse c
• Dutch: hyperoniem (nl) n, koepelwoord n
• Finnish: yläkäsite (fi), hyperonyymi (fi)
• French: hyperonyme (fr) m
• Galician: hiperónimo (gl) m
• Georgian: ჰიპერნიმი (hiṗernimi)
• German: Oberbegriff (de) m, Hyperonym (de) n
• Greek: υπερώνυμο (el) n (yperónymo)
• Hungarian: hiperonima (hu), fölérendelt fogalom/szó/név/kifejezés
• Icelandic: yfirheiti (is) n
• Indonesian: hipernim
• Irish: scáth-théarma m
• Italian: iperonimo (it) m
• Japanese: 上位語 (ja) (じょういご, jōigo)
• Korean: 상위어(上位語) (ko) (sang'wieo)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: hîpernîm (ku) f

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hyperonym (no) n, overbegrep n

  Nynorsk: hyperonym n, overbegrep n

• Polish: hiperonim (pl) m
• Portuguese: hiperónimo (pt) m (Portugal), hiperônimo (pt) m (Brazil)
• Russian: гиперо́ним (ru) m (giperónim)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: хиперо̀нӣм m

  Roman: hiperònīm (sh) m

• Slovak: hyperonymum (sk) n
• Spanish: hiperónimo (es) m
• Swedish: hyperonym (sv) c, överbegrepp n
• Turkish: şemsiye terim
• Vietnamese: từ thượng vị

See also

• generalization
• has-a
• holonym
• is-a
• superset

• Wiktionary:Semantic relations

Danish

Adjective

hypernym

1. hypernymous

Inflection

Inflection of hypernym

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	hypernym	—	—2
indefinite neuter singular	hypernymt	—	—2
plural	hypernyme	—	—2
definite attributive1	hypernyme	—	—

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Noun

hypernym n (singular definite hypernymet, plural indefinite hypernymer)

1. hypernym

   Synonym: overbegreb

Declension

Declension of hypernym

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hypernym	hypernymet	hypernymer	hypernymerne
genitive	hypernyms	hypernymets	hypernymers	hypernymernes