hipernim

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Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed hiper- +‎ *nim, from English hypernym, from Ancient Greek hyper- (over) +‎ -onym (name).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hipərˈnɪm/
  • Hyphenation: hi‧pêr‧nim

Noun

hipêrnim (first-person possessive hipernimku, second-person possessive hipernimmu, third-person possessive hipernimnya)

  1. (semantics) hypernym: a superordinate word or phrase; a term whose referents form a set which includes as a subset the referents of a subordinate term.

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