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English
Etymology
From Latin apsis, hapsis, from Ancient Greek ἁψίς (hapsís, “arch, vault”). See also apse.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈæpsɪs/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
apsis (plural apsides or apses)
- (architecture) A recess or projection, with a dome or vault, at the east end of a church; an apse.
- 2019, A Companion to Medieval Lübeck, page 96:
- Like Henry's collegiate church […] the cathedral is a cruciform basilica of the double bay system with four square bays in the central nave, western transoms, a quadrum for the choir, an apsis, and a transept with auxiliary apses.
- (astronomy) Either of the points in the elliptical orbit of a planet, comet, or moon where it is closest or furthest from the body it orbits; examples are perihelion, aphelion, perigee, and apogee
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Translations
architecture: apse
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Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see English apsis).
Pronunciation
Noun
apsis (rare)
- An apse (architectural element).
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Synonyms
Further reading
- “apsis”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
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Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch apsis, from Latin apsis, hapsis, from Ancient Greek ἁψίς (hapsís, “arch, vault”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈapsis/ [ˈap̚.sɪs]
- Rhymes: -apsis
- Syllabification: ap‧sis
Noun
Further reading
- “apsis”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἁψίς (hapsís).
Noun
apsis f (genitive apsīdis); third declension
- arch, vault
Declension
Third-declension noun.
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