Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hypergiant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.06 in modern English

Syllables: hy-per-giant
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A star that is extremely massive and even more luminous than a supergiant.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- Ancient Greek Γίγας (Gígas)der. Latin gigās, gigantem Vulgar Latin *gagantem Old French gaiantbor. Middle English geaunt English giant English hypergiant From hyper- + giant.

Inflected Forms

hypergiants (plural)

Phrases

blue hypergiant red hypergiant yellow hypergiant

Frequently Paired Words

dwarf dwarf star subgiant giant giant star bright giant supergiant

Questions

What does hypergiant mean?: A star that is extremely massive and even more luminous than a supergiant.
Where does hypergiant come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- Ancient Greek Γίγας (Gígas)der. Latin gigās, gigantem Vulgar Latin *gagantem Old French gaiantbor. Middle English geaunt English giant English hypergiant From hyper- + giant.

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