Contents

• 1 English
  • 1.1 Etymology
  • 1.2 Pronunciation
  • 1.3 Noun
    • 1.3.1 Derived terms
    • 1.3.2 Related terms
    • 1.3.3 Translations
    • 1.3.4 See also
  • 1.4 Verb
    • 1.4.1 Translations
• 2 French
  • 2.1 Pronunciation
  • 2.2 Noun

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman / Middle French opinion, from Latin opinio, from opinari ‘opine’.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /əˈpɪnjən/
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Noun

opinion (plural opinions)

1. A thought that a person has formed about a topic or issue.

   I would like to know your opinions on the new project.

   In my opinion, white chocolate is better than milk chocolate.

   Every man is a fool in some man's opinion.

   Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived. - Oscar Wilde

Derived terms

• advisory opinion
• be of the opinion
• concurring opinion
• have an opinion
• in my humble opinion/IMHO
• in my opinion
• in one's opinion
• opinion poll
• public opinion
• scientific opinion
• second opinion

Related terms

• opination
• opine
• opinionated

See also

• fact

Verb

to opinion (third-person singular simple present opinions, present participle opinioning, simple past and past participle opinioned)

1. (transitive) To have or express as an opinion.
   • 1658: But if (as some opinion) King Ahasuerus were Artaxerxes Mnemon [...], our magnified Cyrus was his second Brother — Sir Thomas Browne, The Graden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 166)

Translations

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

opinion f. (plural opinions)

1. opinion

See Also:

• Opinion
• Opinions
• Opinioned
• Opinioning
• Opinionated

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