hypernym

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪpənɪm/
- Homophone: hyponym
(US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪpɚnɪm/
Rhymes: -ɪm

Noun

hypernym (plural hypernyms)

(semantics) A superordinate word or phrase; a term whose referents form a set which includes as a subset the referents of a subordinate term.
"Musical instrument" is a hypernym of "guitar" because a guitar is a musical instrument.

Synonyms

(superordinate): blanket term, genus, superordinate, hyperonym, superset, umbrella term

Antonyms

(superordinate): hyponym, species, subordinate

Hypernyms

word

Derived terms

Translations

superordinate grouping word

Armenian: հիպերոնիմ (hiperonim), սեռանիշ (hy) (seṙaniš) (rare), տեսականիշ (tesakaniš) (rare)
Catalan: hiperònim (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 上位詞, 上位词 (shàngwèicí)
Czech: hyperonymum (cs) n
Danish: hypernym n, overbegreb (da) n
Dutch: hyperoniem (nl) n
Finnish: yläkäsite (fi), hyperonyymi (fi)
French: hyperonyme (fr) m
German: Oberbegriff (de) m, Hyperonym (de)
Icelandic: yfirheiti (is) n
Italian: iperonimo (it) m

Japanese: 上位語 (じょういご, jōigo)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hyperonym (no) n, overbegrep n

Nynorsk: hyperonym n, overbegrep n
Polish: hiperonim (pl) m
Portuguese: hiperónimo (pt) m, hiperônimo (pt) m
Russian: гиперо́ним (ru) m (giperónim)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: хиперо̀нӣм m

Roman: hiperònīm (sh) m
Spanish: hiperónimo (es) m
Swedish: hyperonym (sv) c, överbegrepp n

See also

is-a
has-a

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