hyper-

See also: hyper

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, over).

Prefix

hyper-

  1. hyper-

Antonyms

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, over), from Proto-Indo-European *upér (over, above) (English over), from *upo (under, below) (whence English up). Doublet of over-, super-, sur-, and uber-.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhaɪ.pə(ɹ)/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhaɪ.pəɹ/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈhaɪpəɹ/, [ˈhʌɪpɚ]
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈhɑɪ.pə(ɹ)/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Hyphenation: hy‧per-

Prefix

hyper-

  1. Forms augmentative forms of the root word.
    1. over, above
    2. excessive
      hyper- → ‎hyperactive
    3. intensely, extremely, exceptional
    4. big, huge, giant
  2. Used to create forms that are found beyond the root.
    1. beyond
      hyper- → ‎hypersonic
    2. (mathematics, physics) existing in more than three spatial dimensions
      hyper- → ‎hyperspace
    3. (computing) linked non-sequentially
      hyper- → ‎hypertext

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with hyper-

Translations

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Further reading

  • Mark Liberman (28 August 2021) “The pragmatics of nyms, hyper- and hypo-”, in Language Log[1]

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɦɪpɛr ]

Prefix

hyper-

  1. hyper-

Derived terms

Further reading

  • hyper- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, over).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hyːpər-/, [ˈhyːˀb̥ɐˌ-], [ˈhyːˀb̥ɐˈ-] or IPA(key): /hypər-/, [hyb̥ɐˈ-]

Prefix

hyper-

  1. hyper-

Derived terms

Danish terms prefixed with hyper-

References

Dutch

Etymology

Internationalism (see English hyper-), ultimately from Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦi.pər/
  • Audio:(file)

Prefix

hyper-

  1. hyper-

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, over).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhyper-/, [ˈhype̞r-]

Prefix

hyper-

  1. (chiefly in loanwords) hyper-

Derived terms

Further reading

French

Pronunciation

  • (mute h) IPA(key): /i.pɛʁ/

Prefix

hyper-

  1. hyper-
  2. (informal) mega- (extremely, incredibly, totally)
    C'est hypercool !
    It's megacool!
    C'est hyperennuyeux.
    It's totally boring.

Derived terms

German

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Prefix

hyper-

  1. hyper-

Derived terms

Further reading

  • hyper-” in Duden online
  • hyper-” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, over).

Prefix

hyper-

  1. hyper-

References

Norwegian Bokmål terms prefixed with hyper-

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, over).

Prefix

hyper-

  1. hyper-

References

Norwegian Nynorsk terms prefixed with hyper-

Swedish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, over).

Prefix

hyper-

  1. hyper-

Derived terms

See also

References