super

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈs(j)uːpə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈs(j)upɚ/

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

Borrowed from Latin super (“above”), from Pre-Italic or Proto-Indo-European *eks-uper, from *eḱs (“out of”) (English ex-), from *h₁eǵʰs + *uperi (English over). Cognate to hyper, from Ancient Greek.

super (not comparable)

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

• (better): awesome, excellent

• super-duper

• super-

super (not comparable)

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

   The party was super awesome.

Short for superintendent.

super (plural supers)

1. (informal, US) Abbreviation of superintendent in the sense of a building's resident manager, sometimes clarified as "building super".

Short for superannuation.

super (usually uncountable, plural supers)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, informal) 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.

Short for superhive.

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.

• (beekeeping): duplet

• (beekeeping): nadir

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?

Short for superhero.

super (plural supers)

1. (comics, slang) superhero.
   • For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:super.

Short for supernumerary.

super (plural supers)

1. (theater) Someone outside the normal company, but appearing on stage with no lines to speak.
   • 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 2, in The Affair at the Novelty Theatre‎:

     For this scene, a large number of supers are engaged, and in order to further swell the crowd, practically all the available stage hands have to ‘walk on’ dressed in various coloured dominoes, and all wearing masks.

super (plural supers)

1. A supercomputer.
   • 1989, Kai Hwang, ‎Doug DeGroot, Parallel processing for supercomputers and artificial intelligence

     The performances and cost ranges of three classes of commercial supercomputers are given in Table 2.1. The full-scale supers are the most expensive class, represented by Cray, ETA, and Fujitsu systems, for example.

Short for supernatural.

super (plural supers)

1. A person who has supernatural beliefs, distinguished from a bright.

• Pre-Us, Rupes, pures, purse, re-ups, reups, rupes, sprue

Borrowed from English super, French super, from Latin super.

super (indeclinable)

1. (informal) super, great

   Můj brácha si koupil super auto, to musíš vidět!

   Ten výlet byl prostě super!

This word is slightly more formal than supr, yet still informal.

• supr

• vynikající

super

1. (informal) super

• supr

• super in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu

Borrowed from English super.

super

1. (informal) very

• herre
• mega

Borrowed from English super, ultimately from Latin super.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsy.pər/

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• Hyphenation: su‧per

super

1. (informal) very, extremely, super

   De kunststofuitvoering is wel super duur.

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super (not comparable)

1. great, super

   Die nieuwe karts zijn super.

   Those new karts are great.

• hyper
• over

From Latin super.

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super

1. above

• sub

Borrowed from Latin super. Doublet of the inherited sur. See also hyper, borrowed from Ancient Greek.

• IPA^(key): /sy.pɛʁ/

super (invariable)

1. superb, great

super

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

   Il est super beau

   he's very handsome

• vachement
• hyper

super

1. great, fantastic

• super-

• IPA^(key): /sy.pe/

super

1. (regional) to suck, to sip

• peurs, pures, repus, rupes

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

Borrowed from English super.

• IPA^(key): /ˈzuːpɐ/

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super (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) super, great, awesome

• klasse
• spitze

• super in Duden online

super

1. about (focused on a given topic)

Borrowed from Latin super. Cf. sopra.

super (invariable)

1. super

super m (invariable)

1. The best
2. superphosphate

super f (invariable)

1. The best grade of petrol

• pruse, ruspe

From *eks-uper, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs (“out of”) (Latin ex) and *uperi (“above”), from *upo. The latter is cognate to Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “above”) and Proto-Germanic *uber (English over).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.per/, [ˈsʊ.pɛr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.per/, [ˈsuː.per]

super (+ accusative, ablative)

1. accusative [of place] above, on the top of, upon

   Cibus super mensam est.

   The food is on the table.

2. accusative [of place] above, beyond
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Genesis.1.2:

     terra autem erat inanis et vacua et tenebrae super faciem abyssi et spiritus Dei ferebatur super aquas

     And the earth was void and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God moved over the waters.

3. accusative [of measure] above, beyond, over, in addition to
4. ablative concerning, regarding

• Used in many compound words, see super-.

super

1. above, on top, over
2. upwards
3. moreover, in addition, besides

• For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:super.

• sub

• super in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• super in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• super in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the river is over its banks, is in flood: flumen super ripas effunditur
    
• super in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Borrowed from English super.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.pɛr/

super (indeclinable, comparative bardziej super, superlative najbardziej super)

1. (colloquial) great, excellent

super (comparative bardziej super, superlative najbardziej super)

1. (colloquial) excellently

• super-

Borrowed from Latin super; cf. also English super. Doublet of the inherited sobre.

super (not comparable)

1. (informal) super, very (intensifier)

   super legal

   very nice

   Synonyms: muito, bastante, bué, mega

super (invariable, comparable)

1. super

Borrowed from Latin super; cf. also English super. Doublet of the inherited sobre.

super (invariable)

1. (intensifier) very, mega

• IPA^(key): /²sʉːpɛr/

super

1. present tense of supa.

super (not comparable)

1. perfect, super, excellent, great

   det blir super! ― that's going to be great!

Only used predicatively.