hypergiant

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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-

Ancient Greek Γίγας (Gígas)der.

Latin gigās, gigantem

Vulgar Latin *gagantem

Old French gaiantbor.

Middle English geaunt

English giant

English hypergiant

From hyper- + giant.

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Noun

hypergiant (plural hypergiants)

1. (astronomy) A star that is extremely massive and even more luminous than a supergiant.

   Hypernyms: star < celestial body

   Hyponyms: blue hypergiant, red hypergiant, yellow hypergiant

   Coordinate terms: dwarf, dwarf star, subgiant, giant, giant star, bright giant, supergiant

Derived terms

• blue hypergiant
• red hypergiant
• yellow hypergiant

Translations

star that is extremely massive

• Catalan: hipergegant m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 特超巨星 (tèchāojùxīng)

• Hindi: परमदानव तारा m (paramdānav tārā)
• Hungarian: hiperóriás (hu)
• Japanese: 極超巨星 (ja) (gokuchōkyosei)
• Polish: hiperolbrzym m
• Russian: гипергига́нт (ru) m (gipergigánt)
• Spanish: hipergigante f
• Swedish: hyperjätte c

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