super

See also súper, super-, Super, and süper

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈsuː.pə(ɹ)/ SAMPA: /'su:.p@(r\)/
• (US) IPA: /ˈsu.pɚ/, SAMPA: /"su.p@`/

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• Rhymes: -uːpə(r)
• Hyphenation: su‧per

Etymology 1

From superfine

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Adjective

super (not comparable)

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

Synonyms

• (better): awesome, excellent

Derived terms

• super-duper

Related terms

• super-

Translations

better than usual

Chinese: Mandarin: 超 (cmn) Danish: super (da) Dutch: super (nl) French: super (fr) German: super (de) Greek: hyper, less common souper Hebrew: סופר (he)

Italian: super (it), sopra (it) Japanese: 超 (ちょう, chō) Latin: super (la), supra (la) Portuguese: súper (pt) Spanish: súper (es) Turkish: süper (tr) Vietnamese: siêu (vi)

Adverb

super (not comparable)

1. (informal) Very; extremely (used like the prefix super-).

   The party was super awesome.

Etymology 2

From superintendent

Noun

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

From superannuation

Noun

super (usually uncountable; plural supers)

1. (Australian, 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

Shortened form of superhive.

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• (beekeeping): duplet

Antonyms

• (beekeeping): nadir

Verb

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?

Anagrams

• purse, rupes, sprue

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Czech

Etymology

From English, from French, from Latin super

Adjective

super m.

1. (informal) super

Usage notes

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

• supr

Interjection

super

1. (informal) super

Synonyms

• supr

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Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin super

Preposition

super

1. above

Antonyms

• sub

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French

Adjective

super inv.

1. superb, great

Adverb

super

1. (informal) super (extremely)

   Il est super beau

   he's very handsome

Synonyms

• vachement
• hyper

Interjection

super!

1. great, fantastic

Verb

super

1. to suck, to sip

Conjugation

   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

Related terms

• super-

Anagrams

• peurs, pures, repus, rupes

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈzuːpɐ/

Adjective

super (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) super, great, awesome

Synonyms

• klasse
• spitze

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Interlingua

Preposition

super

1. about (focused on a given topic)

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Italian

Etymology

English

Adjective

super inv.

1. super

Noun

super m. inv.

1. The best
2. superphosphate

super f. inv.

1. The best grade of petrol

Anagrams

• pruse, ruspe

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Latin

Etymology

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

Preposition

super

1. above, on

   Cibus super mensam est.

   The food is on the table.

Quotations

• For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

Usage notes

• Used in many compound words.

Derived terms

• superus
• supra

Related terms

• sopranus

Descendants

Czech: super, supr English: super- Esperanto: super French: super, sur German: super

Italian: super Romanian: spre Portuguese: sobre Spanish: sobre

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Swedish

Verb

super

1. present tense of supa.