synapse

See also: Synapse

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σύναψις (súnapsis, “conjunction”), from συνάπτω (sunáptō, “to clasp”). Introduced by neurophysiologist Charles Scott Sherrington.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪnæps/, /ˈsaɪnæps/, /sɪˈnæps/

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• Rhymes: -æps

Noun

synapse (plural synapses)

1. The junction between the terminal of a neuron and either another neuron or a muscle or gland cell, over which nerve impulses pass.

Derived terms

• antisynapse
• chemosynapse
• glycosynapse
• hemisynapse
• immunosynapse
• monosynapse
• multisynapse
• neosynapse
• neurosynapse
• postsynapse
• presynapse
• protosynapse
• supersynapse
• synapsin
• unsynapsed

 

Related terms

• synaptic

Translations

junction between neurons

• Arabic: مشبك m
• Bulgarian: синапс m (sinaps)
• Catalan: sinapsi f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 突觸／突触 (zh) (tūchù)

• Czech: synapse f
• Danish: synapse c
• Dutch: synaps (nl) m
• Finnish: synapsi (fi), hermoliitos
• French: synapse (fr) f
• German: Synapse (de) f
• Greek: σύναψη (el) f (sýnapsi)
• Hebrew: סינפסה f (sinapsa), מִסְנָף m (misnaf), מצמד (he) m (mitsmād)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Indonesian: sinapsis
• Italian: sinapsi (it) f
• Japanese: シナプス (ja) (shinapusu)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: gehînkeya demarî f

• Malay: sinaps
• Persian: سیناپس (fa) (sinâps), همایه (fa) (hamâye)
• Polish: synapsa (pl) f
• Portuguese: sinapse (pt) f
• Russian: си́напс (ru) m (sínaps)
• Serbo-Croatian: sinapsa (sh) f
• Slovak: synapsia
• Spanish: sinapsis (es) f
• Swedish: synaps (sv) c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: sinaps
• Ukrainian: си́напс m (sýnaps)
• Vietnamese: xináp

See also

• axon
• dendrite
• ephapse

Verb

synapse (third-person singular simple present synapses, present participle synapsing, simple past and past participle synapsed)

1. (intransitive) To form a synapse.
2. (intransitive) To undergo synapsis.

Translations

forming a synapse

• Hungarian: átkapcsolódik, átkapcsolódik, átkapcsol (hu)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɪnapsɛ]

Noun

synapse f

1. synapse

Declension

Declension of synapse (soft feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	synapse	synapse
genitive	synapse	synapsí
dative	synapsi	synapsím
accusative	synapsi	synapse
vocative	synapse	synapse
locative	synapsi	synapsích
instrumental	synapsí	synapsemi

Related terms

• synaptický

 

Danish

Pronunciation

[syˈnɑbsə]

Noun

synapse c (singular definite synapsen, plural indefinite synapser)

1. synapse

Declension

Declension of synapse

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	synapse	synapsen	synapser	synapserne
genitive	synapses	synapsens	synapsers	synapsernes

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σύναψις (súnapsis, “conjunction”), from συνάπτω (sunáptō, “to clasp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.naps/

• Audio:

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Noun

synapse f (plural synapses)

1. (neuroanatomy) synapse

Further reading

• “synapse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.