hypercorrection

English

WOTD – 8 August 2009

Alternative forms

• hyper-correction

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *-er

Proto-Indo-European *upér

Proto-Hellenic *(h)upér

Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)

Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der.

English hyper-

English correction

English hypercorrection

From hyper- + correction.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌhaɪ.pə.kəˈɹɛk.ʃən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌhaɪ.pɚ.kəˈɹɛk.ʃən/

• Audio (Australia):

  (file)

Noun

hypercorrection (countable and uncountable, plural hypercorrections)

1. (linguistics) Nonstandard language use that results from the overapplication of a perceived prescriptive rule.
2. (linguistics) A nonstandard form so used.

   Synonym: hypercorrectism

Related terms

• hypercorrect, hyper-correct
• hypercorrective, hyper-corrective
• hypercorrectness, hyper-correctness
• hypercorrectism, hyper-correctism

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: hyperkorrektio
• 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 inan, hiperpoprawność (pl) 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

nonstandard form

• German: Hyperkorrektismus m
• Polish: hiperyzm (pl) m inan
• Spanish: ultracorrección f

See also

• incorrection

French

Etymology

From hyper- +‎ correction.

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /i.pɛʁ.kɔ.ʁɛk.sjɔ̃/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

• Homophone: hypercorrections
• Hyphenation: hy‧per‧cor‧rec‧tion

Noun

hypercorrection f (plural hypercorrections)

1. hypercorrection

Further reading

• “hypercorrection”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012