synchronic

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σύν (sun, “with, in company with, together with”) + χρόνος (khrónos, “time”)

Adjective

synchronic (not comparable)

1. occurring at a specific point in time.
2. (linguistics) relating to the study of a language at only one point in its history.

Usage notes

• (linguistics, relating to the study of a language at only one point in its history): The synchronic comparison of two languages focusses on categorising phenomena typologically, whereas a diachronic comparison may be looking for common origins or causes of these phenomena, viewed as genetic relationships.

Antonyms

• (occurring at a specific point in time): diachronic
• (linguistics): diachronic

Derived terms

• asynchronic
• synchronicity

Related terms

• synchronous

Translations

relating to the study of a language at only one point in its history

• Armenian: համաժամանակյա (hy) (hamažamanakya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 共時 (cmn), 共时 (cmn) (gòngshí)

• Czech: synchronní (cs)

• French: synchronique (fr) m and f
• German: synchron (de)
• Jèrriais: synchronique