opine

See also opiné

English

WOTD – 10 November 2009    

Etymology 1

From the Latin opīnor (“to hold as an opinion”), from *opinus (“thinking, expecting”), only in negative nec-opinus (“not expecting”) and in-opinus (“not expected”); akin to optare (“to choose, desire”), and to apisci (“to obtain”); see optate and opt.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ə(ʊ)ˈpaɪn/, X-SAMPA: /@U"paIn/
• (US) IPA: /oʊˈpaɪn/, X-SAMPA: /oU"paIn/

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• Rhymes: -aɪn

Verb

opine (third-person singular simple present opines, present participle opining, simple past and past participle opined)

1. (intransitive) To have or express an opinion; to state as an opinion; to suppose, consider (that).

   I opined that matters would soon become considerably worse.

   "Your decisions," she opined, "have been unfailingly disastrous for this company."

2. (intransitive, now rare) To give one's formal opinion (on or upon something).

   I had to opine on the situation because I thought a different perspective was in order.

Derived terms

• opination

Related terms

• opinion
• opinionated

Translations

to have or express an opinion

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 表述觀點, 表述观点 (biǎoshù guāndiǎn)

• Esperanto: opinii (eo)

• Finnish: esittää mielipiteenään (fi)
• Lojban: jinvi (jbo)
• Slovene: meniti (sl)

to state as an opinion

• Catalan: opinar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 表示 (cmn) (biǎoshì)

• Dutch: van mening zijn (nl), opiniëren (nl), menen (nl)
• Finnish: esittää (fi) mielipiteenään (fi), olla jotakin mieltä (fi)

• Italian: ritenere (it), affermare (it)
• Latin: opīnor (la)
• Russian: высказывать (ru) (vyskazyvatʹ) мнение (ru) (mnenije)
• Slovene: omeniti (sl)
• Spanish: opinar (es)

Etymology 2

Noun

Wikipedia opine (plural opines)

1. (biochemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds, derived from amino acids, found in some plant tumours

External links

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

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French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: opinent, opines

Verb

opine

1. first-person singular present indicative of opiner
2. third-person singular present indicative of opiner
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of opiner
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of opiner
5. second-person singular imperative of opiner

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Spanish

Verb

opine (infinitive opinar)

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of opinar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of opinar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of opinar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of opinar.