synopsis
See also: Synopsis
English
editEtymology
editFrom Late Latin synopsis, itself from Ancient Greek σύνοψις (súnopsis), from σύν (sún, “with or whole”) + ὄψις (ópsis, “view”) meaning whole view.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sɪˈnɒpsɪs/
- (US) IPA(key): /sɪˈnɑpsɪs/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
editsynopsis (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
edit- (brief summary): abridgment, abstract, conspectus, outline, overview, summary
Related terms
editTranslations
editbrief summary
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See also
editFurther reading
edit- “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
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin synopsis.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsynopsis
Declension
editInflection of synopsis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
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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. |
Synonyms
editFurther reading
edit- “synopsis”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (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
editPronunciation
editNoun
editsynopsis m or f (plural synopsis)
- a general overview or synoptic table of a topic
- (media) Plot summary of a movie
Further reading
edit- “synopsis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /syˈnop.sis/, [s̠ʏˈnɔps̠ɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /siˈnop.sis/, [siˈnɔpsis]
Noun
editsynopsis f (genitive synopsis or synopseōs or synopsios); third declension
Declension
editThird-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
edit- Catalan: sinopsi
- English: synopsis
- French: synopsis
- Italian: sinossi
- Spanish: sinopsis
- Portuguese: sinopse
References
edit- “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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- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sem-
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃ekʷ-
- English terms derived from Late Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English 3-syllable words
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- Finnish terms borrowed from Latin
- Finnish learned borrowings from Latin
- Finnish terms derived from Latin
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ynopsis
- Rhymes:Finnish/ynopsis/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish vastaus-type nominals
- French 3-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
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