hyponymiehyponymy
Hyponymiehyponymy is a cross-linguistic framing of the semantic relation known in English as hyponymy and in French as hyponymie. In this perspective, hyponymy describes a hierarchical relation between terms where the extension of one term is included in the extension of another. The more specific term is called a hyponym; the more general term is called a hypernym. For example, rose is a hyponym of flower, and dog is a hyponym of animal.
Hyponymy is transitive: if A is a hyponym of B and B is a hyponym of C,
In practice, hyponymy underpins how dictionaries, thesauri, and ontologies organize vocabulary. It supports inference from specific
The label hyponymiehyponymy highlights the bilingual aspect of the concept, uniting the English term hyponymy with