English Online Dictionary. What means synopsis? What does synopsis mean?
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/
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
- synoptic
- synoptical
- synoptically
- synoptist
Translations
See also
- bird's-eye view
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
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin synopsis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsynopsis/, [ˈs̠yno̞ps̠is̠]
- Rhymes: -ynopsis
- Hyphenation(key): sy‧nop‧sis
Noun
synopsis
- synopsis
Declension
Synonyms
- tiivistelmä
Further reading
- “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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /si.nɔp.sis/
Noun
synopsis m or f (plural synopsis)
- a general overview or synoptic table of a topic
- (media) Plot summary of a movie
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 Latin) IPA(key): /syˈnop.sis/, [s̠ʏˈnɔps̠ɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /siˈnop.sis/, [siˈnɔpsis]
Noun
synopsis f (genitive synopsis or synopseōs or synopsios); third declension
- list
- synopsis, overview
Declension
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).
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.
Swedish
Noun
synopsis c
- Synonym of synops (“synopsis”)
Usage notes
Uninflected.
References
- synopsis in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- synopsis in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- synopsis in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)