English - Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈs(j)uː.pə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.pɚ/
• Rhymes: -uːpə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: su‧per

English - Etymology 1

From Latin super (“above”).

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
• supercunt

Related terms

• super-

Translations

Adverb

super (not comparable)

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

   The party was super awesome.

English - 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".

English - Etymology 3

From superannuation

Noun

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.

English - 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?

English - Etymology 5

Shortened form of superhero.

Noun

super (plural supers)

1. (comics, slang) superhero.
   • For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.

English - Etymology 6

Shortened form of supernumerary.

Noun

super (plural supers)

1. (theater) Someone outside the normal company, but appearing on stage with no lines to speak.

English - Anagrams

• purse, rupes, sprue

Czech - Etymology

From English, from French, from Latin super

Czech - Adjective

super

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

Czech - Interjection

super

1. (informal) super

Synonyms

• supr

Esperanto - Etymology

From Latin super

Esperanto - Preposition

super

1. above

Antonyms

• sub

French - Adjective

super (invariable)

1. superb, great

French - Adverb

super

1. (informal) extremely, very (as an intensifier)

   Il est super beau

   he's very handsome

Synonyms

• vachement
• hyper

French - Interjection

super

1. great, fantastic

French - Verb

super

1. to suck, to sip

Conjugation

Related terms

• super-

French - Anagrams

• peurs, pures, repus, rupes

French - External Links

• "super" in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzuːpɐ/

German - Adjective

super (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) super, great, awesome

Declension

Synonyms

• klasse
• spitze

German - External Links

• super in Duden online

Interlingua - Preposition

super

1. about (focused on a given topic)

Italian - Etymology

English

Italian - Adjective

super (invariable)

1. super

Italian - Noun

super

Italian - Anagrams

• pruse, ruspe

Latin - Etymology

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

Latin - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.per/

Latin - Preposition

super

1. above, on

   Cibus super mensam est.

   The food is on the table.

2. in addition to

Quotations

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

Usage notes

• Used in many compound words.

Derived terms

• superus
• supra

Related terms

• sopranus

Antonyms

• infer

Descendants

Polish - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsu.pɛr]

Polish - Adjective

super

Polish - Adverb

super (comparative bardziej super, superlative najbardziej super)

1. (colloquial) excellently

Polish - See Also

• super-

Swedish - Verb

super

1. present tense of supa.

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