hyponym

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English

Etymology

From hyp- +‎ -onym or hypo- +‎ -nym; from Ancient Greek ὑπό (hupó, “under”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma) ("appellation"), a Doric specific dialectal form of ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).

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Noun

hyponym (plural hyponyms)

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  1. (semantics) A more specific term; a subordinate grouping word or phrase; a term designating a subclass of another more general class described by the given word.
    Synonym: subordinate
    Antonyms: hypernym, hyperonym, superordinate
    Hyponym: troponym
    Coordinate terms: synonym; near-synonym; meronym; cohyponym; more at Wiktionary:Semantic relations
    The words “dog”, “cat”, and “human” are hyponyms of “animal” because dogs, cats, and humans are types of animal.
    • 1977, Ruth Kempson, Semantic Theory, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 86:
      Woman itself has as other hyponyms, sculptress and waitress, but is itself a hyponym of adult.

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Danish

Adjective

hyponym

  1. hyponymous

Inflection

Inflection of hyponym
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular hyponym — —2
indefinite neuter singular hyponymt — —2
plural hyponyme — —2
definite attributive1 hyponyme — —

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.

Noun

hyponym n (singular definite hyponymet, plural indefinite hyponymer)

  1. hyponym
    Synonym: underbegreb

Declension

Declension of hyponym
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hyponym hyponymet hyponymer hyponymerne
genitive hyponyms hyponymets hyponymers hyponymernes

Swedish

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Noun

hyponym c

  1. (semantics) a hyponym

Declension

Declension of hyponym
nominative genitive
singular indefinite hyponym hyponyms
definite hyponymen hyponymens
plural indefinite hyponymer hyponymers
definite hyponymerna hyponymernas

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