hyperonyme
\i.pe.ʁɔ.nim\
The verdict
“hyperonyme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mot dont le sens inclut celui d’un autre mot, et qui peut donc être considéré plus générique.
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Index FR-hyperonyme · hyperonyme · French
hyperonyme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hyperonyme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \i.pe.ʁɔ.nim\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
hyperonyme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \i.pe.ʁɔ.nim\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mot dont le sens inclut celui d’un autre mot, et qui peut donc être considéré plus générique.".
hyperonyme doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is hyperonyme, spelled H-Y-P-E-R-O-N-Y-M-E.
Definition
- 1Mot dont le sens inclut celui d’un autre mot, et qui peut donc être considéré plus générique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hyperonyme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette relation d’hyperonymie est une relation importante dans le champ de la sémantique des langues et on la retrouve par exemple entre l’hyperonyme fleur et ses hyponymes œillet, tulipe, rose, pâquerette etc. De même entre animal, d’une part, et lion, cheval, ours, chat etc., d’autre part.
La négation d’un hyperonyme entraîne la négation de tous ses hyponymes.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.