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English

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Etymology

From Late Latin synopsis, itself from Ancient Greek σύνοψις (súnopsis), from σύν (sún, with or whole) + ὄψις (ópsis, view) meaning whole view.

Pronunciation

Noun

synopsis (plural synopses)

  1. (authorship) A brief summary of the major points of a written work, either as prose or as a table; an abridgment or condensation of a work.
  2. A reference work containing brief articles that taken together give an overview of an entire field.
  3. (Orthodoxy) A prayer book for use by the laity of the church.

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Finnish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin synopsis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsynopsis/, [ˈs̠yno̞ps̠is̠]
  • Rhymes: -ynopsis
  • Syllabification(key): sy‧nop‧sis
  • Hyphenation(key): sy‧nop‧sis

Noun

synopsis

  1. synopsis

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /si.nɔp.sis/
  • Audio (France (Lyon)):(file)

Noun

synopsis m or f (plural synopsis)

  1. a general overview or synoptic table of a topic
  2. (media) Plot summary of a movie

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σῠ́νοψῐς (sŭ́nopsĭs, shared view; estimate).

Pronunciation

Noun

synopsis f (genitive synopsis or synopseōs or synopsios); third declension

  1. list
  2. synopsis, overview

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem).

More information singular, plural ...

1Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

Descendants

  • Catalan: sinopsi
  • English: synopsis
  • French: synopsis
  • Italian: sinossi
  • Spanish: sinopsis
  • Portuguese: sinopse

References

  • synopsis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • synopsis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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Swedish

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Noun

synopsis c (indeclinable)

  1. synonym of synops (synopsis)

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