hyponym

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪpəʊ.nɪm/, /ˈhaɪpə.nɪm/
  • Homophone: hypernym
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪ.poʊ.nɪm/, /ˈhaɪpə.nɪm/

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hyponym (plural hyponyms)

2. (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 “horse” are hyponyms of “animal” because dogs, cats, and horses 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.

• category, class, kind, instance, specialization, subcategory, subdivision, subset, subtype, type; is-a

From hypo- +‎ -onym.

• IPA^(key): [hy.boˈnyˀm]
• Rhymes: -ym
• Hyphenation: hy‧po‧nym

hyponym

1. hyponymous

hyponym n (singular definite hyponymet, plural indefinite hyponymer)

1. hyponym

   Synonym: underbegreb

hyponym c

1. (semantics) a hyponym

• hyponymi

• “hyponym”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “hyponym”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)