synapse

See also: Synapse

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σύναψις (súnapsis, “conjunction”), from συνάπτω (sunáptō, “to clasp”). Introduced by neurophysiologist Charles Scott Sherrington.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪnæps/, /ˈsaɪnæps/, /sɪˈnæps/

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• Rhymes: -æps

Noun

synapse (plural synapses)

1. The junction between the terminal of a neuron and either another neuron or a muscle or gland cell, over which nerve impulses pass.

Related terms

• synaptic
• ephapse

Translations

junction between neurons

• Arabic: مشبك m
• Bulgarian: синапс m (sinaps)
• Catalan: sinapsi f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 突觸／突触 (zh) (tūchù), 突触 (zh) (tūchù)

• Czech: synapse f
• Danish: synapse c
• Dutch: synaps (nl) m
• Finnish: synapsi (fi), hermoliitos
• French: synapse (fr) f
• German: Synapse (de) f
• Greek: σύναψη (el) f (sýnapsi)
• Hebrew: סינפסה f (sinapsa), מִסְנָף m (misnaf), מצמד (he) m (mitsmād)
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• Italian: sinapsi (it) f
• Japanese: シナプス (shinapusu)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: gehînkeya demarî f

• Persian: سیناپس (fa) (sīnāps), همایه (fa) (hamāye)
• Portuguese: sinapse (pt) f
• Russian: си́напс (ru) m (sínaps)
• Serbo-Croatian: sinapsa (sh) f
• Slovak: synapsia
• Spanish: sinapsis (es) f
• Swedish: synaps (sv) c
• Turkish: sinaps
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

See also

• axon
• dendrite

Verb

synapse (third-person singular simple present synapses, present participle synapsing, simple past and past participle synapsed)

1. (intransitive) To form a synapse.
2. (intransitive) To undergo synapsis.

Translations

forming a synapse

• Hungarian: átkapcsolódik, átkapcsolódik, átkapcsol (hu)

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɪnapsɛ]

Noun

synapse f

1. synapse

Related terms

• synaptický

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Danish

Noun

synapse c (singular definite synapsen, plural indefinite synapser)

1. synapse

Declension

Declension of synapse

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	synapse	synapsen	synapser	synapserne
genitive	synapses	synapsens	synapsers	synapsernes

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French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σύναψις (súnapsis, “conjunction”), from συνάπτω (sunáptō, “to clasp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.naps/

• Audio:

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Noun

synapse f (plural synapses)

1. (neuroanatomy) synapse

Further reading

• “synapse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.