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-)
- 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-)
- (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”)
Further reading
- υπερ- - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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