synopsis
See also: Synopsis
English
WOTD – 14 August 2007
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 (AU) (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.
- “synopsis”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsynopsis/, [ˈs̠yno̞ps̠is̠]
- Rhymes: -ynopsis
- Syllabification(key): sy‧nop‧sis
Declension
| Inflection of synopsis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | synopsis | synopsikset | ||
| genitive | synopsiksen | synopsisten synopsiksien | ||
| partitive | synopsista | synopsiksia | ||
| illative | synopsikseen | synopsiksiin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | synopsis | synopsikset | ||
| accusative | nom. | synopsis | synopsikset | |
| gen. | synopsiksen | |||
| genitive | synopsiksen | synopsisten synopsiksien | ||
| partitive | synopsista | synopsiksia | ||
| inessive | synopsiksessa | synopsiksissa | ||
| elative | synopsiksesta | synopsiksista | ||
| illative | synopsikseen | synopsiksiin | ||
| adessive | synopsiksella | synopsiksilla | ||
| ablative | synopsikselta | synopsiksilta | ||
| allative | synopsikselle | synopsiksille | ||
| essive | synopsiksena | synopsiksina | ||
| translative | synopsikseksi | synopsiksiksi | ||
| abessive | synopsiksetta | synopsiksitta | ||
| instructive | — | synopsiksin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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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 2023-07-03
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /si.nɔp.sis/
Audio (file)
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 (súnopsis, “shared view; estimate”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /syˈnop.sis/, [s̠ʏˈnɔps̠ɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /siˈnop.sis/, [siˈnɔpsis]
Noun
synopsis f (genitive synopsis or synopseōs or synopsios); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | synopsis | synopsēs synopseis |
| Genitive | synopsis synopseōs synopsios |
synopsium |
| Dative | synopsī | synopsibus |
| Accusative | synopsim synopsin synopsem1 |
synopsēs synopsīs |
| Ablative | synopsī synopse1 |
synopsibus |
| Vocative | synopsis synopsi |
synopsēs synopseis |
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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