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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

hypernymy en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- English -nymy English hypernym Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ieder. Middle English -ie Middle English -y English -y English hypernymy From hyper- + -nymy, or from hypernym + -y.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The semantic relation between hypernyms; the quality of being hypernymous.

Forms

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Antonyms

hyponymy

Synonyms

hyperonymy

Translations (10)

ru гипернимия (Translations) · ca hiperonímia (Translations) · it iperonimia (Translations) · pt hiperonímia (Translations) · gl hiperonimia (Translations) · pl hiperonimia (Translations) · fr hyperonymie (Translations) · de Hyperonymie (Translations) · ka ჰიპერნიმია (Translations) · es hiperonimia (Translations)