hypno
/ˈhɪp.nəʊ-/noun
hypno is a noun meaning “Clipping of hypnosis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled H-Y-P-N-O and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 6 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does hypno mean?
noun
- 1
informalClipping of hypnosis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce hypno?
- US /ˈhɪp.nəʊ-/
- US /ˈhɪp.noʊ-/
Hypno has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is hypno?
Hypno appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,122nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Hypno in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense sleep:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does hypno come from?
From Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos, “sleep”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).