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Catalan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “over”).
Pronunciation
Prefix
hiper-
- hyper-
- Antonym: hipo-
- hiper- + tensió (“tension”) → hipertensió (“hypertension”)
Derived terms
Further reading
Galician
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “over”).
Prefix
hiper-
- hyper-
Derived terms
From
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Hungarian
Pronunciation
Prefix
hiper-
- (noun prefix) hyper-
Derived terms
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér), English hyper-, French hyper-, German hyper-, Italian iper-, Spanish hiper-.
Pronunciation
Prefix
hiper-
- hyper-
Derived terms
Indonesian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “over”), from Proto-Indo-European *upér (“over, above”), from *upo (“under, below”). Doublet of super.
Pronunciation
Prefix
hipêr
- hyper-
- Antonym: hipo-
Derived terms
Further reading
Polish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér).
Pronunciation
Prefix
hiper-
- hyper-
- Antonym: hipo-
- hiper- + łącze → hiperłącze
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- hiper- in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “over”).
Pronunciation
Prefix
hiper-
- hyper-
- Antonym: hipo-
- Coordinate term: super-
- hiper- + atividade → hiperatividade (“hyperactivity”)
Derived terms
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French hyper-, German hyper-.
Prefix
hiper-
- hyper-
- Antonym: hipo-
- hiper- + excitabilitate (“excitability”) → hiperexcitabilitate (“hyperexcitability”)
Derived terms
Spanish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “over”).
Prefix
hiper-
- hyper-
- Antonym: hipo-
- hiper- + moderno (“modern”) → hipermoderno (“hypermodern”)
Derived terms
Further reading