synopsis

From Late Latin synopsis, itself from Ancient Greek σύνοψις (súnopsis), from σύν (sún, “with or whole”) + ὄψις (ópsis, “view”) meaning whole view

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sɪˈnɒpsɪs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /sɪˈnɑpsɪs/

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synopsis (plural synopses)

1. (authorship) 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.

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

• synoptic
• synoptical
• synoptically
• synoptist

• bird's-eye view

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

• IPA^(key): /sinɔpsis/

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synopsis m or f (plural synopsis)

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

• “synopsis” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Ancient Greek σῠ́νοψῐς (súnopsis, “shared view; estimate”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsy.no.psis/, [ˈsʏ.nɔ.psɪs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.no.psis/, [ˈsiː.no.psis]

synopsis f (genitive synopsis); third declension

1. list
2. synopsis

Third declension, alternative accusative singular in -im, alternative ablative singular in -ī and accusative plural in -īs.

• English: synopsis
• French: synopsis
• Italian: sinossi
• Spanish: sinopsis

• synopsis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• synopsis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette