opinion

See also opinión

English

Etymology

Middle English opinion, opinioun, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French opinion, from Latin opinio, from opinor (“to opine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /əˈpɪnjən/

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Noun

opinion (plural opinions)

1. A belief that a person has formed about a topic or issue.

   I would like to know your opinions on the new systems.

   In my opinion, white chocolate is better than milk chocolate.

   Every man is a fool in some man's opinion.

   Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived. - Oscar Wilde

Derived terms

• advisory opinion
• be of the opinion
• concurring opinion
• have an opinion
• in my humble opinion/IMHO
• in my opinion
• in one's opinion
• opinion poll
• public opinion
• scientific opinion
• second opinion

Related terms

• opination
• opine
• opinionated

Translations

thought a person has formed about a topic

• Albanian: mendim (sq)
• Arabic: رأي (ar) (raa'i) m
• Armenian: կարծիք (hy) (karçik')
• Asturian: opinión (ast) f
• Basque: iritzi (eu)
• Bulgarian: мнение (bg) (mnenie) n, възглед (bg) (vǎzgled) m, схващане (bg) (sxvaštane) n
• Catalan: opinió (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 意見 (cmn), 意见 (cmn) (yìjiàn), 看法 (cmn) (kànfǎ), 見解 (cmn), 见解 (cmn) (jiànjiě)

• Czech: názor (cs) m
• Danish: opinion (da)
• Dutch: mening (nl) f, opinie (nl) f, visie (nl) f, zienswijze (nl) f, gedachte (nl) f
• Esperanto: opinio (eo)
• Estonian: arvamus (et)
• Finnish: mielipide (fi)
• French: avis (fr) m, opinion (fr) f
• Galician: opinión (gl) f
• Georgian: აზრი (ka) (azri)
• German: Meinung (de) f, Ansicht (de) f, Anschauung (de) f
• Greek: γνώμη (el) (gnómi) f, άποψη (el) (ápopsi) f
• Hebrew: דיעה (he) f
• Hindi: विचार (hi) (vicār) m, राय (hi) (rāy) f, ख़याल (hi) (xayāl) m
• Hungarian: vélemény (hu), nézet (hu), szakvélemény (hu)
• Icelandic: álit (is)
• Irish: tuairim (ga), meas (ga) m, barúil (ga) f
• Italian: opinione (it) f, concetto (it) m, parere (it)
• Japanese: 意見 (ja) (いけん, iken)
• Korean: 의견 (ko) (uigyeon) (意見 (ko))
• Latgalian: redzīņs m

• Latin: opinio (la) f, iudicium (la) n
• Latvian: doma (lv) f
• Lithuanian: nuomonė (lt) f
• Luxembourgish: Meenung (lb) f, Avis (lb) m, Usiicht (lb) f
• Maltese: fehma (mt) f, opinjoni (mt) f
• Mongolian: санал (mn) (sanal)
• Norwegian: mening (no), synspunkt (no) n
• Persian: نظر (fa) (nazar), عقیده (fa) (aqide), رأی (fa) (rā’i)
• Polish: opinia (pl) f
• Portuguese: opinião (pt) f
• Romanian: părere (ro) f, opinie (ro) f
• Russian: мнение (ru) (mnénije) n
• Scottish Gaelic: barail (gd) f, beachd (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мишљење (sh) n, мнење (sh) n, назор (sh) m

  Roman: mišljenje (sh) n, mnenje (sh) n, nazor (sh) m

• Slovak: názor (sk) m
• Slovene: mnenje (sl) n
• Spanish: opinión (es) f
• Swahili: oni (sw)
• Swedish: mening (sv) c, uppfattning (sv) c, omdöme (sv) n, tycke (sv) n, åsikt (sv) c
• Telugu: అభిప్రయము (te) (abhiprayamu)
• Thai: ความเห็น (th) (kwaam hĕn)
• Tok Pisin: tingting (tpi)
• Turkish: görüş (tr)
• Urdu: رائے (ur) (rāy) f, خیال (ur) (xayāl) m
• Vietnamese: ý kiến (vi) (意見 (vi))
• Welsh: barn (cy)
• Yiddish: מיינונג (yi) (meynung) f

See also

• fact

Verb

opinion (third-person singular simple present opinions, present participle opinioning, simple past and past participle opinioned)

1. (transitive, archaic) To have or express as an opinion.
   • 1658, But if (as some opinion) King Ahasuerus were Artaxerxes Mnemon [...], our magnified Cyrus was his second Brother — Sir Thomas Browne, The Graden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 166)

Translations

have or express as an opinion

• Dutch: van mening zijn dat, opiniëren (nl)
• Polish: opiniować (pl), wydawać opinię (pl)

• Telugu: ఆభిప్రాయపడుట (te) (abhiprayapaduta)

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: wind · drew · strength · #596: opinion · according · walked · office

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Esperanto

Noun

opinion sg

1. accusative singular of opinio

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French

Etymology

From Middle French opinion, from Latin opīniō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

opinion f (plural opinions)

1. opinion (thought, estimation)

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Middle French

Etymology

From Latin opīniō.

Noun

opinion f (plural opinions)

1. opinion (thought, estimation)