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{{also|Hyponym}}
==English==

===Etymology===
From {{confix|en|hyp|onym}} or {{confix|en|hypo|nym}}; from {{der|en|grc|ὑπό||under}} + {{m|grc|ὄνυμα}} ("[[appellation]]"), a Doric specific dialectal form of {{m|grc|ὄνομα||name}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈhaɪpəʊ.nɪm/|/ˈhaɪpə.nɪm/|a=UK}}
** {{homophone|en|hypernym}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈhaɪ.poʊ.nɪm/|/ˈhaɪpə.nɪm/|a=US,Canada}}
* {{audio|en|En-ca-hyponym.ogg|a=Canada}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}
{{wp|hyponymy and hypernymy}}

# {{lb|en|semantics}} A more [[specific]] {{l|en|term|id=name for a concept}}; a [[subordinate]] grouping word or phrase; a term designating a [[subclass]] of another more general class described by the given word.
#: {{syn|en|subordinate#Noun}}
#: {{ant|en|hypernym|hyperonym|superordinate#Noun}}
#: {{hypo|en|troponym}}
#: {{cot|en|synonym|;|near-synonym|;|meronym|;|cohyponym|;|''more at'' [[Wiktionary:Semantic relations]]}}
#: {{ux|en|The words “dog”, “cat”, and “human” are '''hyponyms''' of “animal” because dogs, cats, and humans are types of animal.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1977|author=Ruth Kempson|title=Semantic Theory|location=Cambridge|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=0521216133|page=86|passage=''Woman'' itself has as other '''hyponyms''', ''sculptress'' and ''waitress'', but is itself a '''hyponym''' of ''adult''.}}

====Derived terms====
{{der3|en
|hyponymic
|hyponymous
|hyponymy
|cohyponym
|cohyponymous}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|more specific word}}
* Armenian: {{t|hy|տեսականիշ}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|hipònim|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|下義詞|tr=xiàyìcí}}, {{t|cmn|下位詞|tr=xiàwèicí}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|hyponymum|n}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|hyponym|n}}, {{t+|da|underbegreb|n}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|hyponiem|n}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|hiponimo}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|alakäsite}}, {{t+|fi|hyponyymi}}
* French: {{t+|fr|hyponyme|m}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|hipónimo|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ჰიპონიმი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Unterbegriff|m}}, {{t+|de|Hyponym|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|υπώνυμο|n}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|hiponima}}, {{t|hu|[[alárendelt]] [[fogalom]]/[[szó]]/[[név]]/[[kifejezés]]}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|undirheiti|n}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|hiponim}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|iponimo|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|下位語|tr=[[かいご]], kaigo}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|하위어}}, {{t+|ko|하의어}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t|kmr|hîponîm}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|hiponim}}
* Occitan: {{t|oc|iponim|m}} ''(Gascon)''
* Polish: {{t+|pl|hiponim|m-in}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|hipónimo|m}} {{q|Portugal}}, {{t+|pt|hipônimo|m}} {{q|Brazil}}
* Romanian: {{t|ro|hiponim|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|гипо́ним|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|хипо̀нӣм|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|hipònīm|m}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|podpomenka|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|hipónimo|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|hyponym|c}}
* Turkish: {{t|tr|alt kavram}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|từ hạ vị}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|dizotrin mot|m}}
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====See also====
<!--Semantically adjacent or overlapping-->
* {{l|en|category}}, {{l|en|class}}, {{l|en|kind}}, {{l|en|instance}}, {{l|en|specialization}}, {{l|en|subcategory}}, {{l|en|subdivision}}, {{l|en|subset}}, {{l|en|subtype}}, {{l|en|type}}; {{l|en|is-a}}

==Danish==

===Adjective===
{{da-adj}}

# [[hyponymous]]

====Inflection====
{{da-infl-adj}}

===Noun===
{{da-noun|et|er}}

# {{l|en|hyponym}}
#: {{syn|da|underbegreb}}

====Declension====
{{da-decl|et|er}}

==Swedish==
{{wikipedia|lang=sv}}

===Noun===
{{sv-noun|c}}

# {{lb|sv|semantics}} a {{l|en|hyponym}}

====Declension====
{{sv-infl-noun-c-er}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|sv|hyponymi}}

===References===
* {{R:svenska.se|so}}
* {{R:svenska.se|saol}}

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