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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-

Forms augmentative forms of the root word.
1. over, above
2. excessive
  ‎hyper- → ‎hyperactive
3. intensely, extremely, exceptional
4. big, huge, giant
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

(above): on-, en-, epi-, super-, supra-, sur-
(beyond): trans-, para-, ultra-, out-, extra-, preter-
(excessive): over-, ultra-, ana-
(augmentative): super-, supra-, ultra-, uber-, macro-, arch-, over-, mega-, maxi-, giga-, -zilla, grand

Antonyms

hypo-
(antonym(s) of “above”): under-, hypo-, sub-, infra-
(antonym(s) of “excessive”): under-, hypo-, dys-, mal-

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with hyper-

hyperalphalipoproteinemia

hyperautofluorescence

hyperbetalipoproteinemia

hyper

Translations

over, above, beyond

Catalan: hiper- (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 高 (zh) (gāo)
Czech: nad-
Finnish: yli- (fi), hyper- (fi)
Greek: υπερ- (el) (yper-)
Ido: hiper-
Irish: hipear-
Japanese: 超 (ja) (chō)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hyper- (no)

Nynorsk: hyper-
Polish: hiper- (pl), nad- (pl), ponad-, hiper- (pl)
Russian: ги́пер- (ru) (gíper-), сверх- (ru) (sverx-)
Spanish: hiper- (es)
Swedish: hyper- (sv)
Vietnamese: siêu (vi), qua (vi), quá (vi)

excessive

Catalan: hiper- (ca)
Czech: hyper-
Greek: υπερ- (el) (yper-)
Ido: hiper-
Indonesian: hiper-
Japanese: 超 (ja) (chō)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hyper- (no)

Nynorsk: hyper-
Polish: hiper- (pl), nad- (pl)
Portuguese: hiper- (pt)
Russian: ги́пер- (ru) (gíper-), сверх- (ru) (sverx-)
Spanish: hiper- (es)
Swedish: hyper- (sv)

existing in more than three spatial dimensions

Catalan: hiper- (ca)
Greek: υπερ- (el) (yper-)
Japanese: 超 (ja) (chō)
Polish: hiper- (pl), nad- (pl)
Portuguese: hiper- (pt)
Russian: ги́пер- (ru) (gíper-)
Spanish: hiper- (es)

linked non-sequentially

Catalan: hiper- (ca)
Greek: υπερ- (el) (yper-)
Polish: hiper- (pl)
Portuguese: hiper- (pt)
Spanish: hiper- (es)

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