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super
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?s(j)u?p?(?)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?sup?/
- Rhymes: -u?p?(?)
- Homophone: souper (one pronunciation)
- Hyphenation: su?per
Etymology 1
From super- (prefix), from Middle English super-, from Latin super-, from super (“above”), from Pre-Italic or Proto-Indo-European *eks-uper, from *e?s (“out of”) (English ex-), from *h?e??s + *uperi (English over). Cognate to hyper, from Ancient Greek.
Adjective
super (not comparable)
- Of excellent quality, superfine.
- better than average, better than usual; wonderful.
Synonyms
- (better): awesome, excellent
Derived terms
- super-duper
Related terms
- super-
Translations
Adverb
super (not comparable)
- (informal) Very; extremely (used like the prefix super-).
- The party was super awesome.
Etymology 2
Abbreviation by shortening.
Noun
super (plural supers)
- (Australia, New Zealand, informal) Short for superannuation.
- Jane looked forward to collecting a large super payout when she retired.
- Short for supercomputer.
- 1989, Kai Hwang, Doug DeGroot, Parallel processing for supercomputers and artificial intelligence
- The performances and cost ranges of three classes of commercial supercomputers are given in Table 2.1. The full-scale supers are the most expensive class, represented by Cray, ETA, and Fujitsu systems, for example.
- 1989, Kai Hwang, Doug DeGroot, Parallel processing for supercomputers and artificial intelligence
- (comics, slang) Short for superhero.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:super.
- (beekeeping) Short for superhive.
- (informal, US) Short for superintendent, especially, a building's resident manager (sometimes clarified as “building super”).
- (neologism) Short for supernaturalist, especially as distinguished from bright.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:super.
- Short for supernumerary; (theater) specifically, a supernumerary actor.
- Short for supertanker.
- 1973, Jeffrey Potter, Disaster by Oil (page 46)
- That is a lot of ship, about the size of big tankers before they grew so rapidly to become supers, mammoths and oilbergs.
- 1973, Jeffrey Potter, Disaster by Oil (page 46)
- Short for supervisor.
Verb
super (third-person singular simple present supers, present participle supering, simple past and past participle supered)
- (beekeeping) Short for superhive.
- 1917 Dadant, C. P., First Lessons in Beekeeping; revised & rewritten edition, 1968, by M. G. Dadant and J. C. Dadant, p 73:
- The question is: when is the best time to super?
- 1917 Dadant, C. P., First Lessons in Beekeeping; revised & rewritten edition, 1968, by M. G. Dadant and J. C. Dadant, p 73:
- (television) Short for superimpose.
- 1987, Television Quarterly (volumes 23-24)
- Even running a supered "Re-enactment" caption for a few seconds is poor policy, he feels […]
- 1987, Television Quarterly (volumes 23-24)
Anagrams
- Pre-Us, Purse, Rupes, puers, pures, purse, re-ups, reups, rupes, sprue
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?sup?r]
Etymology
Borrowed from English super, French super, from Latin super.
Adjective
super (indeclinable)
- (informal) super, great
- M?j brácha si koupil super auto, to musíš vid?t!
- Ten výlet byl prost? super!
Usage notes
This word is slightly more formal than supr, yet still informal.
Synonyms
- supr
See also
- vynikající
Interjection
super
- (informal) super
Synonyms
- supr
Further reading
- super in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed via English super from Latin super (“over”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?su?b??]
Adjective
super (neuter super or supert, plural super or (unofficial) supre)
- (informal) terrific
Adverb
super
- (informal) very
Synonyms
- herre
- mega
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English super, ultimately from Latin super.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sy.p?r/
- Hyphenation: su?per
Adverb
super
- (informal) very, extremely, super
Adjective
super (not comparable)
- great, super
Inflection
Related terms
- hyper
- over
Esperanto
Etymology
From Latin super.
Pronunciation
Preposition
super
- above
Antonyms
- sub
French
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin super. Doublet of the inherited sur. See also hyper, borrowed from Ancient Greek.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sy.p??/
Adjective
super (invariable)
- superb, great
Derived terms
- super amas stellaire
- super-amas d'étoiles
- super-amas stellaire
- super combiné
Adverb
super
- (informal) extremely, very (as an intensifier)
Synonyms
- vachement
- hyper
Interjection
super
- great, fantastic
Related terms
- super-
Etymology 2
Probably a borrowing from a Germanic language, from *s?pan? (“to sip, sup”). If so then doublet of souper.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sy.pe/
Verb
super
- (regional) to suck, to sip
Conjugation
Anagrams
- peurs, pures, repus, rupes
Further reading
- “super” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Etymology
Borrowed from English super.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?zu?p?/
Adjective
super (not comparable)
- (colloquial) super, great, awesome
Declension
Synonyms
- klasse
- spitze
Further reading
- “super” in Duden online
Interlingua
Preposition
super
- about (focused on a given topic)
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin super. Cf. sopra.
Adjective
super (invariable)
- super
Noun
super m (invariable)
- The best
- superphosphate
super f (invariable)
- The best grade of petrol
Anagrams
- pruse, ruspe
Latin
Etymology
From *eks-uper, from Proto-Indo-European *h?e??s (“out of”) (Latin ex) + *uperi (“above”), from *upo. The latter is cognate to Ancient Greek ???? (hupér, “above”) and Proto-Germanic *uber (English over).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?su.per/, [?s??p?r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?su.per/, [?su?p?r]
Preposition
super (+ accusative, ablative)
- accusative [of place] above, on the top of, upon
- Cibus super mensam est.
- The food is on the table.
- Cibus super mensam est.
- accusative [of place] above, beyond
- accusative [of measure] above, beyond, over, in addition to
- ablative concerning, regarding
Usage notes
- Used in many compound words, see super-.
Adverb
super (not comparable)
- above, on top, over
- upwards
- moreover, in addition, besides
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:super.
Antonyms
- sub
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- super in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- super in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- super in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[3], London: Macmillan and Co.
- super in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?[4], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English super.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?su.p?r/
Adjective
super (indeclinable, comparative bardziej super, superlative najbardziej super)
- (colloquial) great, excellent
Adverb
super (comparative bardziej super, superlative najbardziej super)
- (colloquial) excellently
See also
- super-
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin super; cf. also English super. Doublet of the inherited sobre.
Adverb
super (not comparable)
- (informal) super, very (intensifier)
- Synonyms: muito, bastante, bué, mega
Adjective
super (invariable, comparable)
- super
Sardinian
Alternative forms
- suber
- supre
- subre
Etymology
From Latin super.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /super/
Preposition
super
- on, on top of, above
- Synonym: supra
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin super; cf. also English super. Doublet of the inherited sobre.
Adjective
super (invariable)
- (intensifier) very, mega
Swedish
Pronunciation 1
- IPA(key): /²s??p?r/
Verb
super
- present tense of supa.
Adjective
super (not comparable)
- perfect, super, excellent, great
Declension
Only used predicatively.
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kilo
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?ki?l??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?kilo?/
- Hyphenation: ki?lo
- Rhymes: -i?l??
Noun
kilo (plural kilos)
- Clipping of kilogram.
Translations
See also
- kilo-
Anagrams
- Ilok, Loki
Chamicuro
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish kilo.
Noun
kilo
- kilo(gram)
Czech
Etymology
Clipping of kilogram.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?k?lo]
- Hyphenation: ki?lo
Noun
kilo n
- kilo, short for kilogram
- (informal) a hundred crowns (Czech currency)
Declension
Synonyms
- (hundred crowns): stovka f
Derived terms
- p?tikilo n
See also
- litr m
- tác m
- b?r m
- pade f
- p?tka f
- ka?ka f
Further reading
- kilo in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- kilo in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
kilo c (plural kilo's, diminutive kilootje n)
- Abbreviation of kilogram.
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kilo/, [?kilo?]
- Rhymes: -ilo
- Syllabification: ki?lo
Etymology 1
Clipping of kilogramma (“kilogram”)
Noun
kilo
- kilogram, kilo
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Probably from kileä? Cognate with Karelian kilo.
Noun
kilo
- (rare) shine
Declension
Derived terms
- auringonkilo
Related terms
- kilottaa
Anagrams
- Koli, loki, olki
French
Etymology
From the prefix kilo-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ki.lo/
Noun
kilo m (plural kilos)
- kilo
Further reading
- “kilo” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Karao
Noun
kilo
- kilogram
Latvian
Noun
kilo m (invariable)
- alternative form of kilograms
Norman
Noun
kilo m (plural kilos)
- (Jersey) kilo
Northern Sami
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /?k?ilo/
Noun
kilo
- kilo, kilogramme
- Synonym: kilográm?má
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Alternative forms
- gilo
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ?????? (khílioi), via French kilo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /çi?lu/, [?çi?.l?]
Noun
kilo m (definite singular kiloen, indefinite plural kilo, definite plural kiloene)
kilo n (definite singular kiloet, indefinite plural kilo, definite plural kiloa or kiloene)
- a kilo (1000 grammes)
- kilo (letter K in the ICAO spelling alphabet, usually spoken rather than written)
Synonyms
- kilogram
References
- “kilo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ?????? (khílioi), via French kilo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /çi?lu/, [?çi?.l?]
Noun
kilo m (definite singular kiloen, indefinite plural kilo, definite plural kiloa)
kilo n (definite singular kiloet, indefinite plural kilo, definite plural kiloa)
- a kilo (1000 grammes)
- kilo (letter K in the ICAO spelling alphabet)
Synonyms
- kilogram
References
- “kilo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?i.l?/
Noun
kilo n (indeclinable)
- (colloquial) kilogram
- (colloquial, rare) Any other unit whose name starts with kilo-, like the kilometre.
Romani
Noun
kilo m (plural kile)
- stake
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
kilo (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- vocative singular of kila
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ki??/
Noun
kilo m (genitive singular kila, nominative plural kilá, genitive plural kíl, declension pattern of mesto)
- kilo, short for kilogram
Declension
Derived terms
- kilový
- kile?ko
Further reading
- kilo in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
Slovene
Noun
kilo
- accusative/instrumental singular of kila
Spanish
Etymology
Clipping of kilogramo.
Noun
kilo m (plural kilos)
- kilo (kilogram)
- Synonyms: kilogramo, quilo, quilogramo
- the letter K in the Spanish spelling alphabet
- (dated, Spain) a million pesetas
- (Spain) a million euros
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from German Kilo.
Pronunciation
Noun
kilo (n class, plural kilo) or kilo (ki-vi class, plural vilo)
- kilogram
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??i?l?/, (now chiefly regional) /?ki?l?/
Noun
kilo n
- kilo, short form of kilogram (unit of mass equal to 1000 grams)
Declension
See also
- kilo-
Anagrams
- olik
Tagalog
Etymology 1
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kiluq (cf. Ilocano nakillo (“winding; twisted; broken (of language)”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ki?lô
- IPA(key): /ki?lo?/, [kx??lo?]
Adjective
kilô
- bent; crooked
- Synonym: buktot
- curved
Alternative forms
- quilo (obsolete, Abecedario orthography)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Spanish kilo.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ki?lo
- IPA(key): /?kilo/, [?kx?lo]
Noun
kilo
- kilo, short form of kilogram (unit of mass equal to 1000 grams)
Veps
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian ????? (kiló).
Noun
kilo
- kilogram, kilo
Inflection
References
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “?????????”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovar? [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
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