autopsie
Dutch
Etymology
From New Latin autopsia, from Ancient Greek αὐτοψία (autopsía, “seeing with one's own eyes”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɑu̯.tɔpˈsi/, /ˌoː.tɔpˈsi/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: au‧top‧sie
Noun
autopsie f (plural autopsies or autopsieën, diminutive autopsietje n)
Synonyms
- dissectie
- lijkopening
- lijkschouw
- lijkschouwing
- obductie
- sectie
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o.tɔp.si/, /ɔ.tɔp.si/
Audio: (file)
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ancient Greek αὐτοψία (autopsía, “seeing with one's own eyes”). By surface analysis, auto- + -opsie.
Noun
autopsie f (plural autopsies)
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Verb
autopsie
- inflection of autopsier:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “autopsie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Italian
Noun
autopsie f
- plural of autopsia
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French autopsie.
Noun
autopsie f (plural autopsii)