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generic
English
Alternative forms
- generick (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle French générique, from Latin genus (“genus, kind”) + -ic.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d???n???k/
- Hyphenation: gen?er?ic
- Rhymes: -?r?k
Adjective
generic (comparative more generic, superlative most generic)
- very comprehensive; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups (genera) as opposed to specific instances.
- 1864, Walter Bagehot, "Wordsworth, Tennyson, and Browning; or, Pure, Ornate, and Grotesque Art in English Poetry", in The National Review Volume 19
- […] the essence is that such self-describing poets describe what is in them, but not peculiar to them, – what is generic, not what is special and individual.
- 1864, Walter Bagehot, "Wordsworth, Tennyson, and Browning; or, Pure, Ornate, and Grotesque Art in English Poetry", in The National Review Volume 19
- lacking in precision, often in an evasive fashion; vague; imprecise
- (of a product or drug) not having a brand name; nonproprietary in design or contents
- (taxonomy) pertaining to a taxon at the rank of genus
- relating to gender
- (grammar) specifying neither masculine nor feminine; epicene
- Words like salesperson and firefighter are generic.
- (computing, of procedures) written so as to operate on any data type, the type required being passed as a parameter
- (geometry, of a point) having coordinates that are algebraically independent over the base field
Synonyms
- (comprehensive): broad, general, classic; see also Thesaurus:generic
- (lacking in precision): fuzzy, indefinite; see also Thesaurus:vague
- (lacking a brand): unbranded
Antonyms
- (comprehensive): specific, particular, concrete; see also Thesaurus:specific
- (lacking a brand): non-generic, proprietary, branded
- (neither masculine nor feminine): gendered
Derived terms
- genericity
- genericness
- generic you
Translations
Noun
generic (plural generics)
- A product sold under a generic name.
- A wine that is a blend of several wines, or made from a blend of several grape varieties.
- (grammar) A term that specifies neither male nor female.
Translations
Related terms
- gender
- genus
Anagrams
- energic
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French générique.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?e?ne.rik/
Adjective
generic m or n (feminine singular generic?, masculine plural generici, feminine and neuter plural generice)
- generic
Declension
Noun
generic n (plural generice)
- (television, film) credits, titles
Declension
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hyponym
English
Etymology
From hypo- (“under”) +? -onym (“name; word”); from Ancient Greek ??? (hupó, “under”) + ????? (ónuma), Doric dialectal form of ????? (ónoma, “name”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?ha?p??.n?m/, /?ha?p?.n?m/
- Homophone: hypernym
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /?ha?.po?.n?m/, /?ha?p?.n?m/
- Rhymes: -?m
Noun
hyponym (plural hyponyms)
- (semantics) A more specific term; a subordinate grouping word or phrase.
- Antonyms: hypernym, hyperonym
- Coordinate term: meronym
Derived terms
- hyponymic
- hyponymous
- hyponymy
- cohyponym
- cohyponymous
Translations
See also
- hyponym on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- troponym, the corresponding idea, as applied to verbs.
Danish
Adjective
hyponym
- hyponymous
Inflection
Noun
hyponym n (singular definite hyponymet, plural indefinite hyponymer)
- hyponym
- Synonym: underbegreb
Declension
Swedish
Noun
hyponym c
- hyponym
Declension
hyponym From the web:
- hyponym meaning
- hyponym what does it mean
- what is hyponymy in semantics
- what are hyponyms examples
- what is hyponymy relation
- what is hyponymy relation mcq
- what does homonym mean
- what is hyponymy and meronymy
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