hyper-

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Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, over).

Prefix

hyper-

  1. hyper-

Antonyms

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, over), from Proto-Indo-European *upér (over, above) (English over), from *upo (under, below) (whence English up). Doublet of over-, super-, sur-, and uber-.

Pronunciation

Prefix

hyper-

  1. Forms augmentative forms of the root word.
    1. over, above
    2. excessive
      hyper- → ‎hyperactive
    3. intensely, extremely, exceptional
    4. big, huge, giant
  2. Used to create forms that are found beyond the root.
    1. beyond
      hyper- → ‎hypersonic
    2. (mathematics, physics) existing in more than three spatial dimensions
      hyper- → ‎hyperspace
    3. (computing) linked non-sequentially
      hyper- → ‎hypertext

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Further reading

  • Mark Liberman (2021 August 28) “The pragmatics of nyms, hyper- and hypo-”, in Language Log

Czech

Pronunciation

Prefix

hyper-

  1. hyper-

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Further reading

  • hyper- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, over).

Pronunciation

Prefix

hyper-

  1. hyper-

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Dutch

Etymology

Internationalism (see English hyper-), ultimately from Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér).

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Prefix

hyper-

  1. hyper-

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Finnish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, over).

Pronunciation

Prefix

hyper-

  1. hyper-

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French

Pronunciation

Prefix

hyper-

  1. hyper-
  2. (informal) mega- (extremely, incredibly, totally)
    C'est hypercool !
    It's megacool!
    C'est hyperennuyeux.
    It's totally boring.

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German

Pronunciation

Prefix

hyper-

  1. hyper-

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Further reading

  • hyper-” in Duden online
  • hyper-” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, over).

Prefix

hyper-

  1. hyper-

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, over).

Prefix

hyper-

  1. hyper-

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Swedish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, over).

Prefix

hyper-

  1. hyper-

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