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English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin omnisciens (“all-knowing”), from Latin omnis (“all”) + sciens (“knowing”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?n?s??nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?n???nt/
• Rhymes: -???nt, -?s??nt

Adjective

omniscient (not comparable)

1. Having total knowledge.

Synonyms

• all-knowing

Related terms

• omniscience

Translations

Noun

omniscient (plural omniscients)

1. One who has total knowledge.
   • 1796, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Destiny of Nations

     Those blind omniscients , those almighty slaves , Untenanting creation of its God

Further reading

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

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Adjective

omniscient (masculine and feminine plural omniscients)

1. omniscient

French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin omnisciens (“all-knowing”), from Latin omnis (“all”) + sciens (“knowing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m.ni.sj??/

Adjective

omniscient (feminine singular omnisciente, masculine plural omniscients, feminine plural omniscientes)

1. omniscient

Related terms

• omniscience

See also

• omnipotent
• omniprésent

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

From French omniscient, from Medieval Latin omnisciens.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?om.ni.st??i?ent/
• Hyphenation: om?ni?sci?ent

Adjective

omniscient m or n (feminine singular omniscient?, masculine plural omniscien?i, feminine and neuter plural omnisciente)

1. omniscient

Declension

Synonyms

• atot?tiutor

Related terms

• omniscien??

References

• omniscient in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin omniscientia (“all-knowledge”), from Latin omni- (“all”), and scient from the Latin scientia (“knowledge”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?n???ns/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m?n???ns/

Noun

omniscience (countable and uncountable, plural omnisciences)

1. The capacity to know everything.
   • 1848,, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 15:

     If, a few pages back, the present writer claimed the privilege of peeping into Miss Amelia Sedley's bedroom, and understanding with the omniscience the novelist all the gentle pains and passions which were tossing upon that innocent pillow, why should he not declare himself to be Rebecca's confidante too, master of her secrets, and seal-keeper of that young woman's conscience?

   Many people believe in God's omniscience.

Related terms

• omniscient

Translations

Further reading

• omniscience in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• omniscience in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• omniscience at OneLook Dictionary Search
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “omniscience”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

French

Etymology

Medieval Latin omniscientia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m.ni.sj??s/
• Homophone: omnisciences
• Hyphenation: om?ni?science

Noun

omniscience f (plural omnisciences)

1. omniscience

Further reading

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