hypernym

• Nom désignant un mot au sens large qui englobe une catégorie incluant des mots au sens plus spécifique ; terme générique ou superordonné.

A noun referring to a word with a broad meaning that constitutes a category into which words with more specific meanings fall; a superordinate term.

1. Generic termC1formal

   A word with a broad meaning that more specific words fall under; a superordinate term.

   Hyperonyme

   • 'Animal' is a hypernym of 'dog', 'cat', and 'bird'.
   • 'Color' is a hypernym of 'red', 'blue', and 'green'.
   • In linguistics, a hypernym refers to a word that encompasses a category of more specific terms.

   Synonymesgenussuperordinate