different between optimist vs option

English

Etymology

From French optimiste, from Latin optimus (“best”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??pt?m?st/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??pt?m?st/

Noun

optimist (plural optimists)

1. a person who expects a favourable outcome
2. a believer in optimism

Antonyms

• pessimist

Derived terms

• optimistic

Related terms

• optimism
• optimal

Translations

Danish

Noun

optimist c (singular definite optimisten, plural indefinite optimister)

1. optimist

   Antonym: pessimist

Declension

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French optimiste, from Latin optimus +? -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??p.ti?m?st/
• Hyphenation: op?ti?mist
• Rhymes: -?st

Noun

optimist m (plural optimisten, diminutive optimistje n, feminine optimiste)

1. optimist

   Antonym: pessimist

Derived terms

• optimiste
• optimistisch

Related terms

• optimisme

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

optimist m (definite singular optimisten, indefinite plural optimister, definite plural optimistene)

1. an optimist (a person who expects a favourable outcome, or a believer in optimism)

   Antonym: pessimist

Derived terms

• tidsoptimist

Related terms

• optimisme

References

• “optimist” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “optimist” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

optimist m (definite singular optimisten, indefinite plural optimistar, definite plural optimistane)

1. an optimist (as above)

   Antonym: pessimist

Derived terms

• tidsoptimist

Related terms

• optimisme

References

• “optimist” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

From French optimiste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /op.ti?mist/

Adjective

optimist m or n (feminine singular optimist?, masculine plural optimi?ti, feminine and neuter plural optimiste)

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Declension

Swedish

Noun

optimist c

1. optimist

Declension

English

Etymology

From French option, from Latin opti? (“choice; option; act of choosing”), from opt? (“I choose, select”). Equivalent to opt +? -ion.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??p??n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??p??n/

Noun

option (plural options)

1. One of a set of choices that can be made. [from the 19th c.]
2. The freedom or right to choose.
3. (finance, law) A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset at a set strike price; can apply to financial market transactions, or to ordinary transactions for tangible assets such as a residence or automobile. [from the mid-18th c.]

Synonyms

• alternative
• choice
• possibility
• See also Thesaurus:option

Hypernyms

• (finance) (A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset): derivative

Hyponyms

• (finance) (A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset): American option, Bermudan option, European option, call option or call, put option or put, warrant

Derived terms

• optionable
• optional
• option button
• stock option

Related terms

• opt
• optimal
• optimise, optimize
• optimism
• optimist
• optimistic

Translations

Verb

option (third-person singular simple present options, present participle optioning, simple past and past participle optioned)

1. To purchase an option on something. [from the 20th c]

   The new novel was optioned by the film studio, but they'll probably never decide to make a movie from it.

2. (computing, dated) To configure, by setting an option.
   • 1991, Martin D. Seyer, RS-232 made easy

     The device that is to echo the characters should be optioned for echoplexing.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• potion

Finnish

Noun

option

1. Genitive singular form of optio.

Anagrams

• opinto, opinto-

French

Etymology

From Latin opti? (“choice; option; act of choosing”), from opt? (“I choose, select”).

Pronunciation

Noun

option f (plural options)

1. option

Further reading

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