optic

/ˈɒptɪk/OP-tik
/ˈɑptɪk/AHP-tik

Meaningof seeing

Common meaning: of the eye or sight

Journey through time

  1. Greekὀπτικός; ὄψις‘to do with seeing’
  2. Frenchoptique
  3. Englishoptic‘of the eye or sight’ · today

opt also in: opticianautopsysynopsis

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Greek ὀπτικός; ὄψις ‘to do with seeing; sight’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry ὀπτικός, p. 1065 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

autopsyopticiansynopsis

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