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synopsis
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See also: Synopsis
English
Etymology
From Late Latin synopsis, itself from Ancient Greek σύνοψις (súnopsis), from σύν (sún, “with or whole”) + ὄψις (ópsis, “view”) meaning whole view.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sɪˈnɒpsɪs/
- (US) IPA(key): /sɪˈnɑpsɪs/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
synopsis (plural synopses)
- (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.
- A reference work containing brief articles that taken together give an overview of an entire field.
- (Orthodoxy) A prayer book for use by the laity of the church.
Synonyms
- (brief summary): abridgment, abstract, conspectus, outline, overview, summary
Related terms
Translations
brief summary
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See also
Further reading
- “synopsis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “synopsis”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
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Finnish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin synopsis.
Pronunciation
Noun
synopsis
Declension
Synonyms
Further reading
- “synopsis”, 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 3 July 2023
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French
Pronunciation
Noun
synopsis m or f (plural synopsis)
Further reading
- “synopsis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σῠ́νοψῐς (sŭ́nopsĭs, “shared view; estimate”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [syˈnɔp.sɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [siˈnɔp.sis]
Noun
synopsis f (genitive synopsis or synopseōs or synopsios); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem).
1Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.
Descendants
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
Noun
synopsis c (indeclinable)
- synonym of synops (“synopsis”)
References
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