opinion

See also opinión

English

Etymology

Middle English opinion, opinioun, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French opinion, from Latin opinio, from opinari, the infinitive of opinor (“to opine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /əˈpɪnjən/

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Noun

opinion (plural opinions)

1. A belief that a person has formed about a topic or issue.

   I would like to know your opinions on the new systems.

   In my opinion, white chocolate is better than milk chocolate.

   Every man is a fool in some man's opinion.

   Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived. - Oscar Wilde

Derived terms

• advisory opinion
• be of the opinion
• concurring opinion
• have an opinion
• in my humble opinion/IMHO
• in my opinion
• in one's opinion
• opinion poll
• public opinion
• scientific opinion
• second opinion

Related terms

• opination
• opine
• opinionated

Translations

thought a person has formed about a topic

Albanian: mendim Arabic: رأي (ar) (raa'i) m. Armenian: կարծիք (hy) (karçik') Basque: iritzi Bosnian: mišljenje (bs) n., mnenje (bs) n. Bulgarian: мнение (bg) (mnenie) n., възглед (bg) (vǎzgled) m., схващане (bg) (sxvaštane) n. Catalan: opinió (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 意見 (cmn), 意见 (cmn) (yìjiàn), 看法 (cmn) (kànfǎ), 見解 (cmn), 见解 (cmn) (jiànjiě) Croatian: mȉšljēnje (hr) n., nazor (hr) m. Czech: názor (cs) m. Danish: opinion (da) Dutch: mening f., opinie f., visie f., zienswijze f., gedachte f. Esperanto: opinio (eo) Estonian: arvamus (et) Finnish: mielipide (fi) French: avis (fr) m., opinion (fr) f. Georgian: აზრი (ka) (azri) German: Meinung (de) f., Ansicht (de) f., Anschauung (de) f. Greek: γνώμη (el) f., άποψη (el) f. Hebrew: דיעה (he) f. Hindi: विचार (hi) (vicār) m., राय (hi) (rāy) f., ख़याल (hi) (xayāl) m. Hungarian: vélemény, nézet, szakvélemény Icelandic: álit (is) Irish: tuairim, meas (ga) m. Italian: opinione (it) f., concetto (it) m., parere (it) Japanese: 意見 (ja) (いけん, iken) Korean: 의견 (ko) (uigyeon) (意見 (ko))

Latin: opinio (la) f., iudicium (la) n. Latvian: viedoklis m. Lithuanian: nuomonė (lt) f. Luxembourgish: Meenung (lb) f., Avis (lb) m., Usiicht (lb) f. Maltese: fehma (mt) f., opinjoni (mt) f. Mongolian: санал (sanal) Norwegian: mening (no), synspunkt (no) n. Persian: نظر (fa) (nazar), عقیده (fa) (aqide), رأی (fa) (rā’i) Polish: opinia (pl) f. Portuguese: opinião (pt) f. Romanian: părere (ro) f., opinie (ro) f. Russian: мнение (ru) (mnénije) n. Scottish Gaelic: barail (gd) f., beachd (gd) m. Serbian: Cyrillic: мишљење (sr) n., мнење (sr) n., назор (sr) m. Roman: mišljenje n., mnenje n., nazor m. Slovak: názor (sk) m. Slovene: mnenje (sl) n. Spanish: opinión (es) f. Swahili: oni (sw) Swedish: mening (sv) c., uppfattning (sv) c., omdöme (sv) n., tycke (sv) n., åsikt (sv) c. Telugu: అభిప్రయము (te) (abhiprayamu) Thai: ความเห็น (th) (kwaam hĕn) Turkish: görüş (tr) Urdu: رائے (ur) (rāy) f., خیال (ur) (xayāl) m. Vietnamese: ý kiến (vi) (意見 (vi)) Welsh: barn (cy) Yiddish: מיינונג (yi) (meynung) f.

See also

• fact

Verb

opinion (third-person singular simple present opinions, present participle opinioning, simple past and past participle opinioned)

1. (transitive, archaic) To have or express as an opinion.
   • 1658, But if (as some opinion) King Ahasuerus were Artaxerxes Mnemon [...], our magnified Cyrus was his second Brother — Sir Thomas Browne, The Graden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 166)

Translations

have or express as an opinion

Dutch: van mening zijn dat, opiniëren Polish: opiniować (pl), wydawać opinię (pl)

Telugu: ఆభిప్రాయపడుట (te) (abhiprayapaduta)

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: wind · drew · strength · #596: opinion · according · walked · office

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Esperanto

Noun

opinion sg.

1. accusative singular of opinio

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Noun

opinion f. (plural opinions)

1. opinion (thought, estimation)

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Middle French

Noun

opinion f. (plural opinions)

1. opinion (thought, estimation)