omniscient

See also Omniscient

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin omnisciens (“all-knowing”), from Latin omnis (“all”) + sciens (“knowing”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɒmˈnɪʃənt/, SAMPA: /Qm"nIS@nt/
• (US) IPA: /ɑmˈnɪʃənt/, SAMPA: /Am"nIS@nt/
• Rhymes: -ʃənt

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Adjective

omniscient (not comparable)

1. Having total knowledge.

   The story was narrated from an omniscient point of view.

Synonyms

• all-knowing

Related terms

• omniscience

Translations

having total knowledge

Bulgarian: всезнаещ (bg) (vseznaešt) Catalan: omniscient (ca) Czech: vševědoucí (cs) Danish: alvidende (da) Dutch: alwetend (nl) Esperanto: ĉioscia (eo) Finnish: kaikkitietävä (fi) French: omniscient (fr) German: allwissend (de) Greek: παντογνώστης (el) (pantognóstis) Hungarian: mindentudó (hu) Icelandic: alvitur (is) Indonesian: maha tahu (id)

Irish: uilefheasach (ga) Italian: onnisciente (it) Latin: omnisciēns (la) Norwegian: allvitende (no) Persian: آگاه از همه چیز (fa) Russian: всеведущий (ru) (vsevéduščij), всезнающий (ru) (vseznájuščij) Sanskrit: सर्वविद्य (sa) (sarvavidya) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: свѐзнајӯћ (sh) Roman: svèznajūć (sh) Spanish: omniscio (es), omnisciente (es) Swedish: allvetande (sv)

External links

• omniscient in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• omniscient in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• omniscient at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

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Catalan

Adjective

omniscient m. and f. (plural omniscients)

1. omniscient

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French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin omnisciens (“all-knowing”), from Latin omnis (“all”) + sciens (“knowing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɔm.ni.sjɑ̃/

Adjective

omniscient m. (f. omnisciente, m. plural omniscients, f. plural omniscientes)

1. omniscient