hyponyme
\i.pɔ.nim\
The verdict
“hyponyme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mot dont le sens (sa compréhension sémantique) est plus spécifique que celui d’un autre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hyponyme · hyponyme · French
hyponyme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | hyponyme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \i.pɔ.nim\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
hyponyme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \i.pɔ.nim\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mot dont le sens (sa compréhension sémantique) est plus spécifique que celui d’un autre.".
No misspelling variants are generated for hyponyme in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is hyponyme, spelled H-Y-P-O-N-Y-M-E.
Definition
- 1Mot dont le sens (sa compréhension sémantique) est plus spécifique que celui d’un autre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hyponyme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On dira qu’une unité lexicale A est hyponyme d’une unité lexicale B quand l’extension de B inclut celle de A.
La frontière entre hyponyme et dénomination analogique pourrait passer entre aigle de mer « pyrargue » et aigle de mer « frégate ».
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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.