omniscient

See also: Omniscient

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɒmˈnɪsɪənt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɑmˈnɪʃənt/
  • Rhymes: -ɪʃənt, -ɪsɪənt
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Adjective

omniscient (not comparable)

  1. Having total knowledge.
    The story was narrated from an omniscient point of view.
    The Abrahamic God is omniscient.

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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

Catalan

Adjective

omniscient (masculine and feminine plural omniscients)

  1. omniscient

French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin omnisciēns (all-knowing), from Latin omnis (all) + sciēns (knowing).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔm.ni.sjɑ̃/
  • (file)

Adjective

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

  1. omniscient

See also

Further reading


Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French omniscient, from Medieval Latin omnisciens.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌom.ni.st͡ʃiˈent/
  • Hyphenation: om‧ni‧sci‧ent

Adjective

omniscient m or n (feminine singular omniscientă, masculine plural omniscienți, feminine and neuter plural omnisciente)

  1. omniscient

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