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—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”.
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
- Spanish: hiperónimo (es) m
- Swedish: hyperonym (sv) c, överbegrepp n
- Turkish: şemsiye terim
- Vietnamese: từ thượng vị
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Adjective
hypernym
- hypernymous
Inflection
More information Inflection of, Positive ...
Inflection of hypernym |
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Positive |
Comparative |
Superlative |
Indefinte 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. |
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Noun
hypernym n (singular definite hypernymet, plural indefinite hypernymer)
- hypernym
- Synonym: overbegreb
Declension
More information neuter gender, Singular ...
neuter gender |
Singular |
Plural |
indefinite |
definite |
indefinite |
definite |
nominative |
hypernym |
hypernymet |
hypernymer |
hypernymerne |
genitive |
hypernyms |
hypernymets |
hypernymers |
hypernymernes |
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