hyponym en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈhaɪpəʊ.nɪm/ (UK)
- /ˈhaɪpə.nɪm/ (UK)
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- /ˈhaɪpə.nɪm/ (Canada, US)
- /ˈhaɪ.poʊ.nɪm/ (Canada, US)
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”).
Meanings
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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.
Woman itself has as other hyponyms, sculptress and waitress, but is itself a hyponym of adult.
1977, Ruth Kempson, Semantic Theory, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 86:The words “dog”, “cat”, and “horse” are hyponyms of “animal” because dogs, cats, and horses are types of animal.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hyponyms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
hyperonym · hypernym · superordinate
Coordinates
near-synonym · meronym · cohyponym · more at Wiktionary:Semantic relations · synonym
Deriveds
cohyponym · co-hyponym · cohyponymous · autohyponym · hyponymic · hyponymy · hyponymous
Relateds
subtype · subdivision · instance · specialization · category · subset · subcategory · kind · class · is-a · type
Synonyms
Translations (43)
de Unterbegriff (more specific word) · wa dizotrin mot (more specific word) · da hyponym (more specific word) · oc iponim (more specific word) · de Hyponym (more specific word) · pl hiponim (more specific word) · hy տեսականիշ (more specific word) · kmr hîponîm (more specific word) · el υπώνυμο (more specific word) · sl podpomenka (more specific word) · bg хипоним (more specific word) · ko 하위어 (more specific word) · ca hipònim (more specific word) · fi alakäsite (more specific word) · cmn 下義詞 /下义词 (more specific word) · ms hiponim (more specific word) · nl hyponiem (more specific word) · id hiponim (more specific word) · ko 하의어 (more specific word) · sh хипо̀нӣм (more specific word) · ka ჰიპონიმი (more specific word) · pt hipônimo (more specific word) · vi từ hạ vị (more specific word) · ro hiponim (more specific word) · da underbegreb (more specific word) · fr hyponyme (more specific word) · ja 下位語 (more specific word) · fi hyponyymi (more specific word) · eo hiponimo (more specific word) · gl hipónimo (more specific word) · it iponimo (more specific word) · pt hipónimo (more specific word) · cmn 下位詞 /下位词 (more specific word) · is undirheiti (more specific word) · sh hipònīm (more specific word) · hu alárendelt fogalom/szó/név/kifejezés (more specific word) · ru гипо́ним (more specific word) · tr alt kavram (more specific word) · sw hiponimu (more specific word) · es hipónimo (more specific word) · hu hiponima (more specific word) · sv hyponym (more specific word) · cs hyponymum (more specific word)