omniscient

See also Omniscient

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US)

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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)
• Macedonian: сезнаен (mk) (séznaen), семудар (mk) (sémudar)
• 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

• nonSemitic

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Catalan

Adjective

omniscient m, f (masculine and feminine 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 (feminine omnisciente, masculine plural omniscients, feminine plural omniscientes)

1. omniscient