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See also: Super, súper, súpeř, süper, super-, and supèr-

English

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Pronunciation

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(MLE) IPA(key): /ˈsypɑ/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈs(j)uːpə(ɹ)/
- Audio (UK): (file)
(General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈsu.pɚ/, [ˈsʉu̯.pɚ]
- Audio (Canada): (file)
(General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈsʉː.pə(ɹ)/, [ˈsïɯ.pə(ɹ)]
- Audio (General Australian): (file)
Homophone: souper (one pronunciation)
Hyphenation: su‧per
Rhymes: -uːpə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

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From super- (prefix), from Middle English super-, from Latin super-, from super (“above”). Doublet of over and hyper.

Adjective

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super (not comparable)

Of excellent quality, superfine.
Better than average, better than usual; wonderful.

Synonyms

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(better): awesome, excellent

Derived terms

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chief super
minisuper
super-app
super ASBO
superbackground
Super Bowl
super combined
supercomposite
supercup
super cup
super deformed
superdick
superdodger
super-duper
superego
superfecta
superfight
superforecaster
superforecasting
superfox
super gonorrhea
super greenhouse gas
Super League
super light
superly
Supermarionation
superminority
superneutral
Super Orange
super outbreak
super over
super PAC
superpenis
superplex
super power
superprimate
superpussy
super recogniser
super shoe
super smelter
super spiral
super stall
super star cluster
super straight
super trouper
super video CD
super weakly interacting massive particle
super X-ray
supreme

Related terms

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super-

Translations

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Bulgarian: су́пер (súper)
Chinese: Mandarin: 優秀 / 优秀 (zh) (yōuxiù), 出色 (zh) (chūsè)
Danish: super (da)
Dutch: super (nl)
French: super (fr)
Galician: súper
German: super (de)
Greek: υπέρ (el) (ypér)
Hebrew: סופר (he)
Icelandic: frábær (is), súper
Indonesian: amat (id)
Italian: super (it), sopra (it)
Japanese: 超 (ja) (ちょう, chō), すばらしい (ja) (subarashii)
Latin: super (la), supra (la)
Malayalam: മികച്ച (ml) (mikacca), തകർപ്പൻ (ml) (takaṟppaṉ)
Norwegian: super (no)
Polish: super (pl)
Portuguese: súper (pt)
Russian: су́пер (ru) (súper), превосхо́дный (ru) (prevosxódnyj), кла́ссный (ru) (klássnyj), потря́сный (ru) (potrjásnyj)
Serbo-Croatian: super (sh)
Spanish: súper (es), sumamente (es), recontra-, requetecontra (Latin America), requete- (es), pero que muy, rete-, -ísimo (es)
Swedish: super (sv)
Tamil: சூப்பர் (cūppar)
Turkish: süper (tr)
Vietnamese: siêu (vi)

Adverb

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super (not comparable)(colloquial)

Very; extremely (used like the prefix super-). The party was super awesome.
- 1992 March 14, The Canberra Times, page 9, column 2:The job is super interesting for a person who enjoys a hardware environment and communicating with people.
- 2022 November 18, Ryan Mac, Mike Isaac, Kellen Browning, quoting Elon Musk, “Elon Musk’s Twitter Teeters on the Edge After Another 1,200 Leave”, in The New York Times‎[1], →ISSN:“The best people are staying, so I’m not super worried,” he tweeted.
Absolutely; utterly. I super don't care about that.

Etymology 2

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Abbreviation by shortening.

Noun

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super (plural supers)

(Australia, New Zealand, informal) Clipping of superannuation. Jane looked forward to collecting a large super payout when she retired.
- 2025 October 16, Melissa Davey, “Australians took more than $1.4bn from their super last year for everything from weight loss to dental work”, in The Guardian‎[2], Guardian Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, retrieved 16 October 2025:“I want to make it clear, compassionate release of super should only be considered as a last resort, where all other options of paying for the eligible expenses have been exhausted,” she said.
Clipping of supercomputer.
- 1989, Kai Hwang, Doug DeGroot, Parallel processing for supercomputers and artificial intelligence:The performances and cost ranges of three classes of commercial supercomputers are given in Table 2.1. The full-scale supers are the most expensive class, represented by Cray, ETA, and Fujitsu systems, for example.
(comics, slang) Clipping of superhero.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:super.
(beekeeping) Clipping of superhive.
- 1983, Sue Hubbell, A Country Year: Living the Questions, Boston, MA: Mariner Books, published 1999, →ISBN, page 69:There may be thirty to fifty supers in every outyard, and we have only about half an hour to get them off the hives, stacked and covered before the bees get really cross about what we are doing.
(informal, US) Clipping of superintendent, especially, a building's resident manager (sometimes clarified as “building super”).
(neologism) Clipping of supernaturalist, especially as distinguished from bright.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:super.
Clipping of supernumerary; (theater) specifically, a supernumerary actor.
- 1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Affair at the Novelty Theatre”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:For this scene, a large number of supers are engaged, and in order to further swell the crowd, practically all the available stage hands have to ‘walk on’ dressed in various coloured dominoes, and all wearing masks.
- 1916, Ring W. Lardner, “Three Kings and a Pair”, in The Saturday Evening Post‎[3]:The piece was gave by a bunch o’ supers the time I went. I’d like to see it with a real cast. They say it’s a whiz when it’s acted right.
Clipping of supertanker.
- 1973, Jeffrey Potter, Disaster by Oil, page 46:That is a lot of ship, about the size of big tankers before they grew so rapidly to become supers, mammoths and oilbergs.
Clipping of supervisor.
(television) A superimposed caption or image.
- 2009, James Robert Parish, Jim Henson, page 114:Supers are superimposed words that run across the TV screen and provide information such as the names of interview subjects. The newsroom sends a printed list of these supers to Perry.

Verb

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super (third-person singular simple present supers, present participle supering, simple past and past participle supered)

(beekeeping) Clipping of superhive.
- 1917 Dadant, C. P., First Lessons in Beekeeping; revised & rewritten edition, 1968, by M. G. Dadant and J. C. Dadant, p 73: The question is: when is the best time to super?
(television) Clipping of superimpose.
- 1987, Television Quarterly, volumes 23-24:Even running a supered "Re-enactment" caption for a few seconds is poor policy, he feels […]

Anagrams

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sprue, Rupes, Pre-Us, re-ups, pures, Prues, Purse, purse, reups, rupes, puers

Chinese

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Etymology 1

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From English super. Popularized by Eric Tsang in the Super Trio series.

Pronunciation

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Cantonese (Jyutping): sup1 paa4

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
  - Jyutping: sup1 paa4
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sup7 paa4
  - Sinological IPA (key): /suːp̚⁵ pʰaː²¹/

Interjection

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super

(Hong Kong Cantonese) Used when a tied or draw situation occurs, or when one is suggesting a draw.

Etymology 2

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Clipping of English supervisor.

Pronunciation

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Cantonese (Jyutping): sup1 paa2

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
  - Jyutping: sup1 paa2
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sup7 paa2
  - Sinological IPA (key): /suːp̚⁵ pʰaː³⁵/

Noun

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super

(Hong Kong Cantonese, university slang) supervisor (of a student)
(Hong Kong Cantonese) supervisor; manager

Czech

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English super, French super, from Latin super.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): [ˈsupɛr]

Adjective

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super (indeclinable)

(informal) super, great Synonym: supr Můj brácha si koupil super auto, to musíš vidět!(please add an English translation of this usage example) Ten výlet byl prostě super!(please add an English translation of this usage example)

Usage notes

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This word is slightly more formal than supr, yet still informal.

Interjection

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super

(informal) super Synonym: supr

Danish

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Etymology

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Borrowed via English super from Latin super (“over”)

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): [ˈsuˀb̥ɐ]

Adjective

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super (neuter super or supert, plural super or (unofficial) supre)

(informal) terrific

Adverb

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super

(informal) very

Synonyms

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herre
mega

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English super, ultimately from Latin super.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈsy.pər/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: su‧per

Adverb

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super

(informal) very, extremely, super De kunststofuitvoering is wel super duur.The plastic version is super expensive.

Derived terms

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superheld
superkracht
superlijm

Adjective

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super (not comparable)

great, super Die nieuwe karts zijn super.Those new karts are great.

Declension

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Declension of super
uninflected	super
inflected	super
comparative	—
positive
predicative/adverbial		super
indefinite	m./f. sing.	super
	n. sing.	super
	plural	super
definite		super
partitive		supers

Related terms

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hyper
over

Esperanto

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Etymology

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From Latin super. Doublet of sur.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈsuper/
Audio 1: (file)
Audio 2: (file)
Audio 3: (file)
Rhymes: -uper
Syllabification: su‧per

Preposition

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super

above, over
- 1927, L. L. Zamenhof, transl., La Sankta Biblio [The Holy Bible]‎[4] (hardcover), London; Edinburgh: British and Foreign Bible Society; Scottish Bible Society, →ISBN, page 5:Kaj la tero estis senforma kaj dezerta, kaj mallumo estis super la abismo; kaj la spirito de Dio ŝvebis super la akvo.And the Earth was formless and deserted, and darkness was above the abyss; and the spirit of God hovered over the water.

Antonyms

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French

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin super. Doublet of the inherited sur. See also hyper, borrowed from Ancient Greek.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /sy.pɛʁ/

Adjective

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super (invariable)

superb, great

Derived terms

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super amas stellaire
super-amas d'étoiles
super-amas stellaire
super combiné

Descendants

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→ Turkish: süper

Adverb

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super

(informal) extremely, very (as an intensifier) Il est super beauhe's very handsome

Synonyms

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vachement
hyper

Interjection

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super

great, fantastic

Related terms

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super-

Etymology 2

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Probably a borrowing from a Germanic language, from *sūpaną (“to sip, sup”). If so then doublet of souper.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /sy.pe/

Verb

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super

(regional) to suck, to sip

Conjugation

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infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	super
present participle or gerund1	simple	supant/sy.pɑ̃/
present participle or gerund1	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		supé/sy.pe/
singular			plural
first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simpletenses)	present	supe/syp/	supes/syp/	supe/syp/	supons/sy.pɔ̃/	supez/sy.pe/	supent/syp/
	imperfect	supais/sy.pɛ/	supais/sy.pɛ/	supait/sy.pɛ/	supions/sy.pjɔ̃/	supiez/sy.pje/	supaient/sy.pɛ/
	past historic2	supai/sy.pe/	supas/sy.pa/	supa/sy.pa/	supâmes/sy.pam/	supâtes/sy.pat/	supèrent/sy.pɛʁ/
	future	superai/sy.pʁe/	superas/sy.pʁa/	supera/sy.pʁa/	superons/sy.pʁɔ̃/	superez/sy.pʁe/	superont/sy.pʁɔ̃/
	conditional	superais/sy.pʁɛ/	superais/sy.pʁɛ/	superait/sy.pʁɛ/	superions/sy.pə.ʁjɔ̃/	superiez/sy.pə.ʁje/	superaient/sy.pʁɛ/
(compoundtenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simpletenses)	present	supe/syp/	supes/syp/	supe/syp/	supions/sy.pjɔ̃/	supiez/sy.pje/	supent/syp/
(simpletenses)	imperfect2	supasse/sy.pas/	supasses/sy.pas/	supât/sy.pa/	supassions/sy.pa.sjɔ̃/	supassiez/sy.pa.sje/	supassent/sy.pas/
(compoundtenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compoundtenses)	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	supe/syp/	—	supons/sy.pɔ̃/	supez/sy.pe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Anagrams

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peurs, pures, repus, rupes

German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin super; modern usage influenced by English super.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈzuːpɐ/ (prescriptive standard)
IPA(key): /ˈsu(ː)pɐ/ (Austria)
Audio: (file)

Adjective

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super (strong nominative masculine singular superer, not comparable)

(colloquial) super, great, awesome Synonyms: klasse, spitze

Usage notes

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In the standard language, super is indeclinable; it is only rarely declined in colloquial usage.

Declension

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number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
predicative		er ist super	sie ist super	es ist super	sie sind super
strong declension (without article)	nominative	superer	supere	superes	supere
	genitive	superen	superer	superen	superer
	dative	superem	superer	superem	superen
	accusative	superen	supere	superes	supere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der supere	die supere	das supere	die superen
	genitive	des superen	der superen	des superen	der superen
	dative	dem superen	der superen	dem superen	den superen
	accusative	den superen	die supere	das supere	die superen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein superer	eine supere	ein superes	(keine) superen
	genitive	eines superen	einer superen	eines superen	(keiner) superen
	dative	einem superen	einer superen	einem superen	(keinen) superen
	accusative	einen superen	eine supere	ein superes	(keine) superen

Derived terms

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supi

Interlingua

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Preposition

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super

about (focused on a given topic)

Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin super. Cf. sopra.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈsu.per/
Rhymes: -uper
Hyphenation: sù‧per

Adjective

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super (invariable)

super

Noun

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super m (invariable)

the best
superphosphate

Noun

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super f (invariable)

the best grade of petrol

Anagrams

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pruse, ruspe, sprue

Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *super, from Proto-Indo-European *upér (“over, above”). Cognate to Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “above”), German über (“above, over”), Sanskrit उपरि (upári, “above, upper”), Hindi ऊपर (ūpar, “above, top, up”), Odia ଉପର (upara, “above, up”) and Punjabi ਉੱਪਰ (uppar, “above, top, up”).

The accusative is from the pre-PIE directional. The ablative is from the ablative of cause.

Pronunciation

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(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsʊ.pɛr]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsuː.per]

Preposition

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super (+ accusative, ablative)

(with accusative or ablative) [of place] above, over, on the top of, upon Cibus super mēnsam est.The food is on the table.
(with accusative) [of place] above, beyond
- 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Genesis.1.2:terra autem erat inanis et vacua et tenebrae super faciem abyssi et spiritus Dei ferebatur super aquasAnd the earth was void and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God moved over the waters.
(with accusative) [of measure] above, beyond, over, in addition to
(with ablative) concerning, regarding

Derived terms

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super-

Adverb

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super (comparative superius, superlative summē or suprēmē)

above, on top, over
upwards
moreover, in addition, besides, on top of this, too, also
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.29:Hīs accēnsa super [...][Juno] having been inflamed by these [things] in addition [...]Or, translated more plainly:With all of this angering her [...](See: Juno (mythology).)

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:super.

Antonyms

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Derived terms

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dēsuper
insuper
superbus
superior
supernus
supersum
superus
suprā

Descendants

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Asturian: sobre
Catalan: sobre; → súper
→ Czech: super, supr
→ English: super
- → Polish: super
→ French: super
- → Romanian: super
Galician: sobre
→ German: super
→ Hungarian: szuper
Italian: sopra, super
Mirandese: subre
Occitan: subre
Old French: seur
- Middle French: sur
  - French: sur
Portuguese: sobre, super, súper
Romanian: spre
Sardinian: subre
Spanish: sobre, super
→ Russian: супер (super)

References

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“super”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“super”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“super”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[5], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the river is over its banks, is in flood: flumen super ripas effunditur
super in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[6], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English super.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈsu.pɛr/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -upɛr
Syllabification: su‧per
Homophone: super-

Adjective

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super (not comparable, indeclinable, no derived adverb)

(colloquial) great, excellent Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dobry

Adverb

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super (not comparable)

(colloquial) excellently

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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súper (prescriptive)

Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Latin super; cf. also English super. Doublet of the inherited sobre.

Pronunciation

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(Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsu.peʁ/ [ˈsu.peh]

(Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsu.peʁ/ [ˈsu.peh]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈsu.peɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈsu.peʁ/ [ˈsu.peχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsu.peɻ/

(Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈsu.pɛɾ/

Audio (Portugal (Porto)): (file)
Hyphenation: su‧per

Adverb

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super (not comparable)

(informal) super, very (intensifier) Synonyms: muito, bastante, bué, mega super fixevery nice

Adjective

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super (invariable)

super

Related terms

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super-

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French super. Doublet of spre.

Adjective

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super m or f or n (indeclinable)

superb, great

Declension

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singular			plural
masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative-accusative	indefinite	super		super	super	super
nominative-accusative	definite	—		—	—	—
genitive-dative	indefinite	super		super	super	super
genitive-dative	definite	—		—	—	—

Adverb

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super

superbly

Sardinian

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Alternative forms

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suber
supre
subre

Etymology

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From Latin super.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /super/

Preposition

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super

on, on top of, above Synonym: supra

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin super; cf. also English super. Doublet of the inherited sobre.

Adjective

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super (invariable)

(intensifier) very, mega

Swedish

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /²sʉːpɛr/
IPA(key): [ˈsʉːpːær] (Finland, verb)
IPA(key): [ˈsʉpær] (Finland, adjective)

Verb

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super

present indicative of supa

Adjective

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super (not comparable)

perfect, super, excellent, great det blir super! ― that's going to be great!

Declension

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Only used predicatively.

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adjective

Synonyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Adverb

Etymology 2

Noun

Verb

Anagrams

Chinese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Interjection

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

Czech

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Usage notes

See also

Interjection

Further reading

Danish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Adverb

Synonyms

Dutch

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adverb

Derived terms

Adjective

Declension

Related terms

Esperanto

Etymology

Pronunciation

Preposition

Antonyms

French

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Adjective

Derived terms

Descendants

Adverb

Synonyms

Interjection

Related terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Further reading

Anagrams

German

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Usage notes

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Interlingua

Preposition

Italian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Noun

Noun

Anagrams