synopsis
See also: Synopsis
English edit
Etymology edit
From 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/
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Noun edit
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 edit
- (brief summary): abridgment, abstract, conspectus, outline, overview, summary
Related terms edit
Translations edit
brief summary
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See also edit
Further 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 edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin synopsis.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
synopsis
Declension edit
Inflection 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 edit
Further 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 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
synopsis 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 edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek σῠ́νοψῐς (súnopsis, “shared view; estimate”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /syˈnop.sis/, [s̠ʏˈnɔps̠ɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /siˈnop.sis/, [siˈnɔpsis]
Noun edit
synopsis f (genitive synopsis or synopseōs or synopsios); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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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.