autopsie

See also: Autopsie and autopsié

Dutch

Etymology

From New Latin autopsia, from Ancient Greek αὐτοψία (autopsía, “seeing with one's own eyes”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑu̯.tɔpˈsi/, /ˌoː.tɔpˈsi/

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• Hyphenation: au‧top‧sie

Noun

autopsie f (plural autopsies or autopsieën, diminutive autopsietje n)

1. dissection, autopsy

Synonyms

• dissectie
• lijkopening
• lijkschouw
• lijkschouwing
• obductie
• sectie

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.tɔp.si/, /ɔ.tɔp.si/

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek αὐτοψία (autopsía, “seeing with one's own eyes”). By surface analysis, auto- +‎ -opsie.

Noun

autopsie f (plural autopsies)

1. autopsy

Derived terms

• autopsier

Descendants

• → Romanian: autopsie
• → Turkish: otopsi

Etymology 2

Verb

autopsie

1. inflection of autopsier:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “autopsie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• épousait

Italian

Noun

autopsie f

1. plural of autopsia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French autopsie.

Noun

autopsie f (plural autopsii)

1. autopsy

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	autopsie	autopsia		autopsii	autopsiile
genitive-dative	autopsii	autopsiei		autopsii	autopsiilor
vocative	autopsie, autopsio			autopsiilor