apsis
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin apsis, hapsis, from Ancient Greek ἁψίς (hapsís, “arch, vault”). See also apse.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈæpsɪs/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]apsis (plural apsides or apses)
- (architecture) A recess or projection, with a dome or vault, at the east end of a church.
- 2019, A Companion to Medieval Lübeck, page 96:
- Like Henry's collegiate church […] the cathedral is a cruciform basilica of the double bay system with four square bays in the central nave, western transoms, a quadrum for the choir, an apsis, and a transept with auxiliary apses.
- (astronomy) Either of the points in the elliptical orbit of a planet, comet, or moon where it is closest or furthest from the body it orbits; examples are perihelion, aphelion, perigee, and apogee.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]architecture: apse
astronomy: point in elliptical orbit
Anagrams
[edit]Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Internationalism (see English apsis).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈɑpsis/, [ˈɑ̝ps̠is̠]
- Rhymes: -ɑpsis
- Syllabification(key): ap‧sis
- Hyphenation(key): ap‧sis
Noun
[edit]apsis (rare)
- An apse (architectural element).
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of apsis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | apsis | apsikset | |
| genitive | apsiksen | apsisten apsiksien | |
| partitive | apsista | apsiksia | |
| illative | apsikseen | apsiksiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | apsis | apsikset | |
| accusative | nom. | apsis | apsikset |
| gen. | apsiksen | ||
| genitive | apsiksen | apsisten apsiksien | |
| partitive | apsista | apsiksia | |
| inessive | apsiksessa | apsiksissa | |
| elative | apsiksesta | apsiksista | |
| illative | apsikseen | apsiksiin | |
| adessive | apsiksella | apsiksilla | |
| ablative | apsikselta | apsiksilta | |
| allative | apsikselle | apsiksille | |
| essive | apsiksena | apsiksina | |
| translative | apsikseksi | apsiksiksi | |
| abessive | apsiksetta | apsiksitta | |
| instructive | — | apsiksin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “apsis”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
Anagrams
[edit]Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Dutch apsis, from Latin apsis, hapsis, from Ancient Greek ἁψίς (hapsís, “arch, vault”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈapsis/ [ˈap̚.sɪs]
- Rhymes: -apsis
- Syllabification: ap‧sis
Noun
[edit]apsis (plural apsis-apsis)
Further reading
[edit]- “apsis”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἁψίς (hapsís).
Noun
[edit]apsis f (genitive apsīdis); third declension
- arch, vault
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
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- English 2-syllable words
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- English nouns
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- English nouns with irregular plurals
- en:Architecture
- English terms with quotations
- en:Astronomy
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- Finnish internationalisms
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑpsis
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑpsis/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish rare terms
- Finnish vastaus-type nominals
- Indonesian terms borrowed from Dutch
- Indonesian terms derived from Dutch
- Indonesian terms derived from Latin
- Indonesian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Indonesian 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Indonesian/apsis
- Rhymes:Indonesian/apsis/2 syllables
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- id:Astronomy
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Hellenic
- Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
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- Latin feminine nouns in the third declension
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