synopsis

See also Synopsis

English

WOTD – 14 August 2007    

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Late Latin synopsis, itself from Ancient Greek σύνοψις (sunopsis), from σύν (sun, “with”) + ὄψις (opsis, “view”)

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /sɪˈnɒpsɪs/, X-SAMPA: /sI"nQpsIs/
• (US) IPA: /sɪˈnɑpsɪs/, X-SAMPA: /sI"nApsIs/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Noun

synopsis (plural synopses)

1. A brief summary of the major points of a written work, either as prose or as a table; an abridgment or condensation of a work.
2. (Orthodoxy) A prayer book for use by the laity of the church.

Synonyms

• (brief summary): abridgment, abstract, conspectus, outline, overview, summary

Related terms

• synoptic
• synoptical
• synoptically
• synoptist

Translations

a brief summary

• Afrikaans: sinopsis (af)
• Albanian: konspekt (sq)
• Catalan: sinopsi (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 概要 (cmn) (gàiyào), 提要 (cmn) (tíyào), 摘要 (cmn) (zhāiyào)

• Croatian: sinopsis m, sažetak m
• Czech: přehled (cs) m, synopse (cs) f
• Estonian: kokkuvõte (et)
• Finnish: tiivistelmä (fi), yhteenveto (fi), synopsis (fi)
• French: abrégé (fr) m, précis (fr) m, résumé (fr) m
• German: Synopse (de) f, Übersicht (de) f, Zusammenfassung (de) f
• Hungarian: összefoglalás (hu), összegzés (hu), áttekintés (hu), összefoglaló (hu)

• Italian: sinossi (it) f
• Japanese: 大意 (ja) (たいい, taii), 梗概 (ja) (こうがい, kōgai), 概要 (ja) (がいよう, gaiyō)
• Polish: streszczenie (pl) m
• Portuguese: resumo (pt)
• Russian: краткое описание (ru) (krátkoje opisánije) n, краткий обзор (ru) (krátkij obzór) m, синопсис (ru) (sinópsis) m, конспект (ru) (konspékt) m, обозрение (ru) (obozrénije) n
• Scottish Gaelic: giorrachadh (gd) m
• Turkish: özet (tr)
• Welsh: crynodeb (cy)

See also

• bird's-eye view

External links

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

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sinɔpsis/, X-SAMPA: /sinOpsis/

Noun

synopsis m and f (plural synopsis)

1. A general overview or synoptic table of a topic.
2. (media) Plot summary of a movie.

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Latin

Noun

synopsiis (genitive synopsiis); f, third declension

1. list
2. synopsis

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	synopsiis	synopsiēs
genitive	synopsiis	synopsiium
dative	synopsiī	synopsiibus
accusative	synopsiim synopsiem	synopsiīs synopsiēs
ablative	synopsiī synopsie	synopsiibus
vocative	synopsiis	synopsiēs