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 words prefixed with υπερ-
Greek words 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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