English
WOTD – 8 August 2009
Etymology
Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hypercorrection
From hyper- + correction.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌhaɪ.pə.kəˈɹɛk.ʃən/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌhaɪ.pɚ.kəˈɹɛk.ʃən/
Noun
hypercorrection (countable and uncountable, plural hypercorrections)
- (linguistics) Nonstandard language use that results from the overapplication of a perceived prescriptive rule.
- (linguistics) A nonstandard form so used.
- Synonym: hypercorrectism
Translations
nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
- Afrikaans: hiperkorreksie
- Armenian: գերճշտում (gerčštum), գերշտկում (gerštkum)
- Bulgarian: хиперкорекция f (hiperkorekcija)
- Catalan: hipercorrecció f, ultracorrecció f
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 矯枉過正 / 矫枉过正 (giu2 wong2 gwo3 zing3)
- Mandarin: 矯枉過正 / 矫枉过正 (zh) (jiǎowǎngguòzhèng)
- Czech: hyperkorekce f, hyperkorektnost (cs) f, hyperspisovnost f, hyperkorektivismus m
- Dutch: hypercorrectie (nl) f
- Finnish: hyperkorjaus
- French: hypercorrection (fr) f
- Frisian:
- Saterland Frisian: Hyperkorrektuur
- German: Hyperkorrektur (de) f
- Greek: υπερδιόρθωση (el) f (yperdiórthosi)
- Hebrew: תיקון יתר (he) m (tikun yeter)
- Hungarian: hiperkorrekció (hu), túlhelyesbítés
- Icelandic: ofvöndun
- Indonesian: lewah pembetulan, hiperkoreksi
- Irish: forcheartú
- Italian: ipercorrettismo m
- Japanese: 過剰修正 (かじょうしゅうせい, kajōshūsei)
- Korean: 과잉수정 (gwaingsujeong)
- Limburgish: euverbaetering (li) f
- Malay: pembetulan berlebihan
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: hyperkorreksjon (no) m
- Nynorsk: hyperkorreksjon m
- Polish: hiperkorekcja f, hiperkorektyzm m, hiperpoprawność (pl) f, przesada poprawnościowa f, hiperyzacja f
- Portuguese: hipercorreção f
- Romanian: hipercorectitudine (ro) f
- Russian: гиперкорре́кция (ru) f (giperkorrékcija), гиперкорре́ктность (ru) f (giperkorréktnostʹ)
- Serbo-Croatian: hiperkorekcija f, hiperispravnost f
- Slovak: hyperkorekcia f, hyperkorektnosť f, hyperspisovnosť f, hyperkorektivizmus m
- Slovene: hiperkorekcija f, nadpravilnost f
- Spanish: ultracorrección f, hipercorrección f
- Swedish: hyperkorrektion (sv) c
- Tamil: மிகை திருத்தம் (mikai tiruttam)
- Ukrainian: надвиправлення n (nadvypravlennja), гіперкорекція f (hiperkorekcija)
- Vietnamese: siêu chỉnh
- Walloon: forcoridjaedje (wa) m
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See also
French
Etymology
From hyper- + correction.
Pronunciation
- (mute h) IPA(key): /i.pɛʁ.kɔ.ʁɛk.sjɔ̃/
- Homophone: hypercorrections
- Hyphenation: hy‧per‧cor‧rec‧tion
Noun
hypercorrection f (plural hypercorrections)
- hypercorrection
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