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subcategory en · NOUN

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ́ (kătắ) Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ- (kătă-) Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger- Proto-Indo-European *h₂goréh₂ Proto-Hellenic *agorā́ Ancient Greek ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ (ăgorā́) Pre-Greekder.? Proto-Hellenic *-eús Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús) Ancient Greek -εύω (-eúō) Ancient Greek ἀγορεύω (agoreúō) Ancient Greek κᾰτήγορος (kătḗgoros) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek κᾰτηγορέω (kătēgoréō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek κᾰτηγορῐ́ᾱ (kătēgorĭ́ā)bor. Late Latin catēgoriader. Middle French categorie French catégoriebor. Middle English English category English subcategory From sub- + category.

Meanings

1. With respect to a given category; a narrower category.
   • The moment subcategories of the overall population are denied rights, the rights of all are threatened. 2005 August 8, Leslie Feinberg, “1952 court victory against anti-gay charges”, in Workers World:
   • On the other hand, the label of “feminist” is beginning to feel more like a subcategory on Netflix – an algorithmic signpost – than a meaningful description of art. 2024 March 13, Beatrice Loazya, “Is Poor Things a feminist film? Is Barbie? These have become meaningless questions”, in The Guardian:
   • I have categories within subcategories because I get so many submissions about poop and potty training. 2013 April 2, CNN Living Staff, “Beware the parental overshare”, in CNN:
2. A subclass of a category which is itself a category, whose arrows are a restriction of the arrows of the parent category, and whose composition rule is a restriction of the parent category's.

Forms

Hypernyms

category

Synonyms

child category · supercategory

Translations (14)

ru подкатегория (more narrow category) · rsk подкатеґория (more narrow category) · fr sous-catégorie (more narrow category) · de Unterkategorie (more narrow category) · ga fochatagóir (more narrow category) · ka ქვეკატეგორია (more narrow category) · is hlutríki (more narrow category) · it sottocategoria (more narrow category) · tr alt kategori (more narrow category) · pt subcategoria (more narrow category) · el υποκατηγορία (more narrow category) · nl subcategorie (more narrow category) · cs podkategorie (more narrow category) · pl podkategoria (more narrow category)