opis

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English office.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: o‧pis

Noun

opis

1. an office; a room, set of rooms, or building used for non-manual work

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish opis in the 18 century. By surface analysis, deverbal from opisovat (“to copy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈopɪs]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -opɪs
• Hyphenation: opis

Noun

opis m inan (relational adjective opisný)

1. copy, duplicate, transcript

   Synonyms: kopie, přepis

2. circumlocution, periphrasis

   Synonym: perifráze

Declension

Declension of opis (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	opis	opisy
genitive	opisu	opisů
dative	opisu	opisům
accusative	opis	opisy
vocative	opise	opisy
locative	opise, opisu	opisech
instrumental	opisem	opisy

Related terms

• opisovač
• opisovat
• opisování

Further reading

• “opis”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “opis”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “opis”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Iban

Etymology

Borrowed from English office.

Noun

opis

1. office

Latin

Noun

opis

1. genitive singular of ops

References

• “opis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• opis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to bring aid to; to rescue: auxilium, opem, salutem ferre alicui
    
  • (ambiguous) to implore a person's help: alicuius opem implorare
    
  • (ambiguous) to fly to some one for refuge: confugere ad aliquem or ad opem, ad fidem alicuius
    
  • (ambiguous) to be very rich; to be in a position of affluence: magnas opes habere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be very rich; to be in a position of affluence: opibus maxime florere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be very rich; to be in a position of affluence: omnibus opibus circumfluere
    
  • (ambiguous) to strain every nerve, do one's utmost in a matter: omni ope atque opera or omni virium contentione eniti, ut
    
  • (ambiguous) to possess means, to be well off: rem or opes habere, bona possidere, in bonis esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to be very rich: opibus, divitiis, bonis, facultatibus abundare
    
  • (ambiguous) to have great influence: opibus, gratia, auctoritate valere, florere
    
  • (ambiguous) to acquire influence: opes, gratiam, potentiam consequi
    
• “opis”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[2]
• “opis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “opis”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “opis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Maranao

Etymology

Akin to Maguindanao upis.

Noun

opis

1. skin

Polish

Etymology

Deverbal from opisać. Cognate with Czech opis (“copy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.pis/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔpis
• Syllabification: o‧pis

Noun

opis m inan

1. description
2. account (of events)

Declension

Declension of opis

	singular	plural
nominative	opis	opisy
genitive	opisu	opisów
dative	opisowi	opisom
accusative	opis	opisy
instrumental	opisem	opisami
locative	opisie	opisach
vocative	opisie	opisy

Related terms

• opisać
• opisywać

Further reading

• opis in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• opis in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian опис (opis), from описать (opisatʹ, “to make an inventory”), from писать (pisatʹ, “to write”), from Old East Slavic писати (pisati, “to write”), from Proto-Slavic *pisati, from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ-.

Noun

opis n (plural opise)

1. inventory

Declension

Declension of opis

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	opis	opisul		opise	opisele
genitive-dative	opis	opisului		opise	opiselor
vocative	opisule			opiselor

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǒpis/
• Hyphenation: o‧pis

Noun

òpis m (Cyrillic spelling о̀пис)

1. description

Declension

Declension of opis

	singular	plural
nominative	opis	opisi
genitive	opisa	opisa
dative	opisu	opisima
accusative	opis	opise
vocative	opise	opisi
locative	opisu	opisima
instrumental	opisom	opisima

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English office, from Middle English office, from Old French office, from Latin officium, contracted from opificium. Doublet of opisyo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔopis/ [ˈʔoː.pɪs]
• Rhymes: -opis
• Syllabification: o‧pis

Noun

opis (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜉᜒᜐ᜔) (colloquial)

1. office (room(s) or building used for non-manual work)

   Synonyms: tanggapan, opisina

Related terms

• post-opis

Anagrams

• piso

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English office.

Noun

opis

1. office