hyponymy (Q14509)
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Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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English | hyponymy |
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the hierarchical relationship between the meanings of lexical units, in which the meaning of one lexical unit is a specific type of another lexical unit. The sense of the hyponym (specific term) can be said to be included in that of the hypernym (generic term), for example, flower is a type of plant, tiger is a type of cat.
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21 August 2021
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hiponimie (Romanian)
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