Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cohyponymy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: co-hy-ponymy
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The semantic relation between cohyponyms (coordinate terms); the quality of being cohyponymous (coordinate).

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Hansen et al. (1982, 202) mention the following semantic relations that systematically obtain between the senses of polysemic words: (conceptual) hyponymy, hyperonymy and cohyponymy on the one hand, and (figurative) metonymy and metaphor on the other."
"A first step in this direction was taken by Heylen et al. (2008), who focused on a larger set of elementary relations, including synonymy, hypernymy and hyponymy, in addition to the composed relation of cohyponymy."

Etymology

From co- + hyponymy or cohyponym + -y.

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

autohyponym cohyponym parasynonymy plesionymy synonymy hypernymy hyponymy antonymy

Synonyms

coordinateness coordination

Questions

What does cohyponymy mean?: The semantic relation between cohyponyms (coordinate terms); the quality of being cohyponymous (coordinate).
Where does cohyponymy come from?: From co- + hyponymy or cohyponym + -y.

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