super

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See also súper, super-, Super, süper, and souper

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English [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

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Adjective [edit]

super (not comparable)

  1. Of excellent quality, superfine.
  2. better than average, better than usual; wonderful.
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Translations [edit]
better than usual

Adverb [edit]

super (not comparable)

  1. (informal) Very; extremely (used like the prefix super-).
    The party was super awesome.

Etymology 2 [edit]

From superintendent

Noun [edit]

super (plural supers)

  1. (informal, Northeastern US) Abbreviation of superintendent in the sense of a building's resident manager, sometimes clarified as "building super".

Etymology 3 [edit]

From superannuation

Noun [edit]

super (usually uncountable; plural supers)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, informal, uncountable) Short form of superannuation, the Australian/New Zealand retirement benefits or pension scheme.
    Jane looked forward to collecting a large super payout when she retired.

Etymology 4 [edit]

Shortened form of superhive.

Noun [edit]

super (plural supers)

  1. (beekeeping) An empty box placed above the existing boxes of the beehive in order to allow the colony to expand or store additional honey.
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Verb [edit]

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

  1. (beekeeping) To add or to place a super atop the existing boxes of the beehive.
    • 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?

Etymology 5 [edit]

Shortened form of superhero.

Noun [edit]

super (plural supers)

  1. (comics, slang) superhero.

Etymology 6 [edit]

Shortened form of supernumerary.

Noun [edit]

super (plural supers)

  1. (theater) Someone outside the normal company, but appearing on stage with no lines to speak.
    • 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 2, The Affair at the Novelty Theatre[1]:
      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.

Anagrams [edit]

Czech [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From English, from French, from Latin super

Adjective [edit]

super m

  1. (informal) super

Usage notes [edit]

This adjective is inflexible and there is no declension. It's slightly more formal than supr, yet it should never appear in a formal text.

Synonyms [edit]

Interjection [edit]

super

  1. (informal) super

Synonyms [edit]

Esperanto [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin super

Preposition [edit]

super

  1. above

Antonyms [edit]

French [edit]

Adjective [edit]

super (invariable)

  1. superb, great

Adverb [edit]

super

  1. (informal) super (extremely)
    Il est super beau
    he's very handsome

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Interjection [edit]

super

  1. great, fantastic

Verb [edit]

super

  1. to suck, to sip

Conjugation [edit]

   Conjugation of super (see also Appendix:French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive super avoir supé
gerund en supant en ayant supé
present participle supant
past participle supé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
simple
tenses		 present supe supes supe supons supez supent
imperfect supais supais supait supions supiez supaient
past historic1 supai supas supa supâmes supâtes supèrent
future superai superas supera superons superez superont
conditional superais superais superait superions superiez superaient
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior1 Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il que nous que vous qu’ils
simple
tenses		 present supe supes supe supions supiez supent
imperfect1 supasse supasses supât supassions supassiez supassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— supe — supons supez —
1literary tenses

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Anagrams [edit]

German [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ˈzuːpɐ/

Adjective [edit]

super (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) super, great, awesome

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Interlingua [edit]

Preposition [edit]

super

  1. about (focused on a given topic)

Italian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

English

Adjective [edit]

super (invariable)

  1. super

Noun [edit]

super m (invariable)

  1. The best
  2. superphosphate

super f (invariable)

  1. The best grade of petrol

Anagrams [edit]

Latin [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From *eks-uper, which consists of Proto-Indo-European *eḱs (“out of”) and Proto-Indo-European *uperi. Cognate to Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (huper, “above”) and English over.

Preposition [edit]

super

  1. above, on
    Cibus super mensam est.
    The food is on the table.

Quotations [edit]

Usage notes [edit]

  • Used in many compound words.

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Swedish [edit]

Verb [edit]

super

  1. present tense of supa.
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