υπερ-

Greek

Alternative forms

  • υπέρ- (ypér-)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i.peɾ/
  • Hyphenation: υ‧περ-

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑπερ- (huper-); often used as a calque of translingual hyper- or a semantic loan of French ultra-, French trans-, English super-, English over-, German über- and other similar prefixes.

Prefix

υπερ- • (yper-)

  1. hyper-, super-, ultra-, trans- (often in semanic loans and calques)
    υπερ- (yper-) + ηχητικός (ichitikós, sonic)υπερηχητικός (yperichitikós, supersonic)
    υπερ- (yper-) + ιώδης (iódis, violet)υπεριώδης (yperiódis, ultraviolet)
    υπέρ- (ypér-) + λαμπρός (lamprós, bright)υπέρλαμπρος (ypérlampros, superbright)
    υπέρ- (ypér-) + τάση (tási, tension)υπέρταση (ypértasi, hypertension)
    υπερ- (yper-) + ωκεάνιος (okeánios, oceanic)υπερωκεάνιος (yperokeánios, transoceanic)
Derived terms
Greek terms prefixed with υπερ-
Greek terms prefixed with υπέρ-

Etymology 2

From French per- in the chemical sense, under the paretymological influence of ὑπερ- (huper-).

Prefix

υπερ- • (yper-)

  1. (inorganic chemistry) forming nouns and adjectives denoting the maximum proportion of oxygen or highest oxidation state of the central atom in a compound
    υπερ- (yper-) + ανθρακικός (anthrakikós, carbonate)υπερανθρακικός (yperanthrakikós, percarbonate)
    υπερ- (yper-) + οξείδιο (oxeídio, oxide)υπεροξείδιο (yperoxeídio, peroxide)

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