different between apropos vs orthodox

English

Alternative forms

• à propos
• àpropos

Etymology

Borrowed from French à propos (“on that subject”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æp.???p??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æp.???po?/
• Rhymes: -??

Adjective

apropos (comparative more apropos, superlative most apropos)

1. Of an appropriate or pertinent nature.
   • 1877, Jules Verne, translated by Frederick Amadeus Malleson, Journey into the Interior of the Earth, Chapter VI,

     Nothing easier. I received not long ago a map from my friend, Augustus Petermann, at Leipzig. Nothing could be more apropos.
2. by the way, incidental
   • 1877, Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet

     Sherlock Holmes rose and lit his pipe. "No doubt you think that you are complimenting me in comparing me to Dupin," he observed. "Now, in my opinion, Dupin was a very inferior fellow. That trick of his of breaking in on his friends' thoughts with an apropos remark after a quarter of an hour's silence is really very showy and superficial. He had some analytical genius, no doubt; but he was by no means such a phenomenon as Poe appeared to imagine."

Synonyms

• (by the way): by the way, incidentally, incidental

Translations

Preposition

apropos

1. Regarding or concerning.
   • 2011, Jeremy Harding, "Diary", London Review of Books, 33.VII:

     Few have the same root and branch obsession with the recent past or the avenger’s recall (‘the necessity for long memory and sarcasm in argument’, as he wrote apropos the old left intelligentsia in New York).

Synonyms

• about, as for; See also Thesaurus:about

Antonyms

• malapropos

Derived terms

• apropos of
• apropos of nothing

Translations

Adverb

apropos

1. By the way.
2. Timely; at a good time.
3. To the purpose; appropriately.

Translations

Anagrams

• Sapporo

Danish

Alternative forms

• (nonstandard) à propos

Etymology

Borrowed from French à propos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apropo/, [ap???op?o], [?p???op?o]

Noun

apropos n (singular definite aproposet or apropos'et, plural indefinite aproposer or apropos'er)

1. aside

Inflection

Preposition

apropos

1. apropos (regarding or concerning)

Adverb

apropos

1. apropos

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French à propos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ap?o?po?]

Adverb

apropos

1. apropos

Synonyms

• nebenbei
• übrigens

Further reading

• “apropos” in Duden online

English

Etymology

From Late Latin orthodoxus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (orthódoxos), from ????? (orthós, “straight”) + ???? (dóxa, “opinion”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?????d?ks/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??????d?ks/
• Hyphenation: or?tho?dox

Adjective

orthodox (comparative more orthodox, superlative most orthodox)

1. Conforming to the accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology. [from 15th c.]

   Antonyms: heretical, heterodox, unorthodox

   • 2005, Alister E McGrath, Iustitia Dei:

     Five important modifications were made by the Pietists to the orthodox doctrine of justification, each corresponding to a distinctive aspect of the movement's agenda.

   • 2009, Andrew Brown, The Guardian, 23 Dec 2009:

     ‘These speakers are academics who have specialised in Islamic sciences and are well respected in scholarly circles. It is grossly unjust to suggest that they belong to some fringe ideology rather than orthodox Islam.’

2. Adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted.

   Synonyms: conservative, conventional

   Antonyms: liberal, outlandish, unorthodox
3. (botany) Of pollen, seed, or spores: viable for a long time; viable when dried to low moisture content.

   Antonym: recalcitrant

Derived terms

• orthodoxise, orthodoxize

Related terms

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin orthodoxus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??r.to??d?ks/
• Hyphenation: or?tho?dox
• Rhymes: -?ks

Adjective

orthodox (not comparable)

1. orthodox
   1. (ideology, religion) conforming to conventional norms in opinion or practice

   2. (more generally) staying close to established customs, not particularly innovative

Inflection

Antonyms

• heterodox
• onorthodox

Derived terms

• ultraorthodox

Related terms

• orthodoxie

German

Etymology

From Late Latin orthodoxus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (orthódoxos), from ????? (orthós, “straight”) + ???? (dóxa, “opinion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.to?d?ks/

Adjective

orthodox (comparative orthodoxer, superlative am orthodoxesten)

1. (religion, sometimes other ideologies) orthodox

2. (religion) Orthodox

Usage notes

• Particularly in Christian contexts, the word is ambiguous as it can have the general sense of “not heterodox”, or the specific senses of “Eastern Orthodox” and “Oriental Orthodox” (which are distinct groups). The specifications byzantinisch-orthodox (“Eastern Orthodox”) and orientalisch-orthodox (“Oriental Orthodox”) are available, though the former is rarely used.

Declension

Synonyms

• (orthodox): rechtgläubig

Derived terms

• Griechisch-Orthodoxe Kirche f
• Koptisch-Orthodoxe Kirche f
• Russisch-Orthodoxe Kirche f
• Syrisch-Orthodoxe Kirche f
• unorthodox

Related terms

• Orthodoxie

Further reading

• “orthodox” in Duden online