précis

See also: precis

English

Alternative forms

• precis

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) Borrowed from French précis (“summary”), from a substantive use of its adjectival sense "precise".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹeɪsi/
• Rhymes: -eɪsi

Noun

précis (plural précis)

1. A summary or brief: a concise or abridged statement or view.
   • 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Grey, ch. 1:

     I know she goes in for giving a rapid precis of all her guests.

   • 1981, Tracy Kidder, The Soul of a New Machine, ch. 1:

     the computer is functioning, lights on it softly blinking as it produces on the screen beside it a series of graphs — ten years' worth of annual reports, a précis of Data General Corporation's financial history.

Synonyms

• Thesaurus:summary

Translations

concise statement

• German: Zusammenfassung (de) f, Inhaltsangabe (de) f
• Greek: περίληψη (el) f (perílipsi)
• Hungarian: summa (hu)
• Italian: riassunto (it) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 要約 (ja) (yōyaku)
• Maori: whakarāpopoto
• Russian: сво́дка (ru) (svódka), резюме́ (ru) (rezjumé), конспе́кт (ru) (konspékt)
• Spanish: resumen (es) m

Verb

1. to write a précis of a work; to summarise, abridge
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 28:

     Télémaque would not only be read widely in schools throughout the century, it would also be cited approvingly in the Encyclopédie, cherished by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, précised by Louis XVI, and its author saluted by Robespierre as ‘tutor to the human race’.

Anagrams

• Cripes, Persic, Spicer, crepis, cripes, prices, spicer

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French

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin praecīsus (“cut off”), perfect passive participle of praecīdō (“shorten”), from prae (“before”) + caedō (“cut”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *kaə-id- (“to strike”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁe.si/

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Adjective

précis (feminine précise, masculine plural précis, feminine plural précises)

1. Which does not leave doubt; specific, explicit.
2. Done in a precise and reliable fashion.
3. (Sound) Well perceived; sharp.
4. (Of language or writing) Demonstrating precision, concision and accuracy.
5. Said of someone whose language expresses such qualities.
6. (Measure) Calculated or measured with precision.

Noun

précis m (plural précis)

1. précis

Related terms

• précisément
• préciser
• précision

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• crispe, crispé