English

Etymology
From the Greek ��ον�μιον: ��ο, few, plus ν�μιον names.

Noun
en-noun

1. A hyponym of A is a word B that is more specific than A (compare with hypernym). That is to say that you may call B A but not the reverse.

#: Dog is hyponym of animal; indeed, all dogs are animals but not all animals are dogs.
#: Spanish is a hyponym of European.
#: Square is a hyponym of rectangle.

Antonyms
hypernym

Translations
trans-top|a word more specific than
Croatian: t-|hr|hiponim|m
Czech: t+|cs|hyponymum|n
Dutch: hyponiem n
Esperanto: hiponimo
Finnish: alakäsite, hyponyymi
French: hyponyme m
German: Unterbegriff
Icelandic: t+|is|undirheiti|n
trans-mid
Japanese: t|ja|scJpan|���|trkai-go
Russian: t+|ru|гипоним|m|trgipónim|scCyrl
Slovenian: podpomenka f
Swedish: t+|sv|hyponym|c
Turkish: alt kavram m
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See also
w:hyponym|Wikipedia article on hyponyms

Swedish
Noun
sv-noun-reg-er
hyponym c

1. #English|hyponym

id:hyponym
ja:hyponym
pt:hyponym
sv:hyponym
tr:hyponym

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