different between synopsis vs precis

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /s??n?ps?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /s??n?ps?s/

Noun

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. A reference work containing brief articles that taken together give an overview of an entire field.
3. (Orthodoxy) A prayer book for use by the laity of the church.

Synonyms

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

Related terms

• synoptic
• synoptical
• synoptically
• synoptist

Translations

See also

• bird's-eye view

Further reading

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

Finnish

Noun

synopsis

1. synopsis

Declension

Synonyms

• tiivistelmä

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.n?p.sis/

Noun

synopsis m or f (plural synopsis)

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

Further reading

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

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /sy?nop.sis/, [s???n?ps??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /si?nop.sis/, [si?n?psis]

Noun

synopsis f (genitive synopsis or synopse?s or synopsios); third declension

1. list
2. synopsis

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).

¹Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

Descendants

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

References

• 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

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?si

Noun

precis (plural precis or preces or precises)

1. Alternative spelling of précis

Translations

Verb

precis (third-person singular simple present precises, present participle precising, simple past and past participle precised)

1. Alternative form of précis

Anagrams

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

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?pre.kis/, [?p??k?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?pre.t??is/, [?p???t??is]

Noun

precis

1. genitive singular of prex

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French précis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pre?t??is/

Adjective

precis m or n (feminine singular precis?, masculine plural preci?i, feminine and neuter plural precise)

1. precise, accurate, exact

Declension

Adverb

precis

1. precisely, accurately, exactly

See also

• exact
• definit

Swedish

Etymology

From French précis, from Latin praec?sus (“cut off”), perfect passive participle of praec?d?.

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /pr??si?s/

Adjective

precis (comparative precisare, superlative precisast)

1. precise, made with great precision

Related terms

• precist

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /pr??si?s/, /pr??s?s/

Adverb

precis (not comparable)

1. precisely; exactly
2. (focus) precisely; Used to provide emphasis
3. just; by a narrow margin
4. just; moments ago
5. just; perfectly

Synonyms

• (by a narrow margin): just
• (perfectly): just

References

• precis in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• precis in Nationalencyklopedin (needs an authorization fee).