sinapse

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱómder.?

Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.?

Proto-Hellenic *ksún

Ancient Greek σύν (sún)

Ancient Greek συν- (sun-)

Proto-Hellenic *áptō

Ancient Greek ἅπτω (háptō)

Ancient Greek συνάπτω (sunáptō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Hellenic *-tis

Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs)

Ancient Greek -σις (-sis)

Ancient Greek σύναψις (súnapsis)lbor.

Portuguese sinapse

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σύναψις (súnapsis, “conjunction”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /siˈnap.si/, /siˈna.pi.si/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /siˈnap.sɨ/

• Hyphenation: si‧nap‧se

Noun

sinapse f (plural sinapses)

1. (neuroanatomy, cytology) synapse (junction between neurons)

Related terms

• sináptico

Further reading

• “sinapse”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “sinapse”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026