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10 Language-to-English Dictionariessubcategoría
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /suβkateɣoˈɾia/
"Busca el libro en la subcategoría de ciencia ficción."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A subdivision or secondary category within a larger category, used for more specific classification.
"Fiction is a major category that includes the subcategory of historical romance." - 2
A subset of items grouped together under a common heading within a hierarchical structure.
"The online store added a new subcategory for wireless headphones."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the prefix sub- (meaning 'under', 'below', or 'secondary to' from Latin) combined with the noun category (from Late Latin categoria, from Greek katēgoria 'accusation' or 'predication'). First appearing in the late 19th century as taxonomic and classification systems expanded across scientific and bibliographic domains.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Subcategory" is said worldwide
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sous-catégorie
Transliteration: su-ka-te-ɡɔ-ʁi
"Cette option contient une sous-catégorie d'articles."
Unterkategorie
Transliteration: /ˈʊntɐkateɡoˌʁiː/
"Das Produkt wurde in eine neue Unterkategorie verschoben."
sottocategoria
Transliteration: /sottokateɡoˈria/
"Ogni categoria principale può avere una sottocategoria."
subcategoría
Transliteration: /suβkateɣoˈɾia/
"Busca el libro en la subcategoría de ciencia ficción."
subcategoria
Transliteration: /subkateɡoˈɾi.ɐ/
"O menu foi dividido em várias subcategorias."
उप-श्रेणी
Transliteration: up-shreni
"इस उत्पाद को एक नई उप-श्रेणी में रखा गया है।"
子类别
Transliteration: zǐ lèibié
"这个网站有许多不同的子类别。"
하위 카테고리
Transliteration: hawui kategori
"이 항목은 세부 하위 카테고리로 분류됩니다."
サブカテゴリー
Transliteration: sabukategorī
"その商品は新しいサブカテゴリーに追加されました。"
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