epitome

See also: epítome

epitome - English

epitome (plural epitomes or epitomai)

The embodiment or encapsulation of a class of items.
- Synonyms: exemplar, model, type; see also exemplar, model
A representative example.
- Synonyms: quintessential, poster child; see also exemplar
The height; the best; the most vivid.
- Synonyms: acme, greatest
A brief summary of a text.
- Synonyms: abstract, synopsis

The sense “the height, the best” is considered incorrect by some; instead, pinnacle may be preferred.

Afrikaans: toonbeeld
Albanian: mishërim (sq)
Arabic: مَثَال‎ m (maṯāl)
Belarusian: ўвасабле́нне (ŭvasabljénnje)
Bulgarian: въплъще́ние (bg) n (vǎplǎšténie)
Chinese:
- Mandarin: 縮影／缩影 (zh) (suōyǐng)
Czech: ztělesnění
Danish: indbegrebet
Dutch: verwezenlijking (nl) f, belichaming (nl) f, personificatie (nl) f
Estonian: epitoom
Finnish: ruumiillistuma
French: résumé (fr), épitomé (fr) m
Galician: epítome
German: Verkörperlichung f
Greek: επιτομή (el) (epitomí)
- Ancient: ἐπιτομή f (epitomḗ)
Hebrew: תמצית‎ (he) (tamtsot)
Icelandic: ímynd (is)
Italian: epitome (it)
Japanese: 縮図 (しゅくず, shukuzu)
Norwegian: innbegrepet
Persian: خلاصه‎ (fa)
Polish: ucieleśnienie (pl) n
Portuguese: epítome (pt)
Russian: воплоще́ние (ru) (voploščénije), олицетворе́ние (ru) n (olicetvorénije)
Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: епитом m, утјеловљење n, персонификација, оваплоћење n
- Roman: epitom m, utjelovljenje (sh) n, personifikacija (sh) f, ovaploćenje n
Spanish: epítome (es)
Swedish: sammandrag (sv), personifiering (sv) c, inbegrepp n, inkarnation (sv) c
Turkish: özet (tr)
Yiddish: יפּיטאַמי‎ (ypitami)

Finnish: ruumiillistuma, malliesimerkki
French: personnification (fr) f, incarnation (fr) f
Hungarian: típuspélda, megtestesülés (hu), megtestesítő, (in adjectival role) megtestesült (hu), (in adjectival role) két lábon járó
Italian: personificazione (it) f, incarnazione (it) f
Romanian: personificare (ro) f
Russian: образец (ru) m (obrazec)
Swedish: personifikation (sv)

Bulgarian: резюме (bg) n (rezjume)
Dutch: samenvatting (nl) f, synopsis (nl) f, uittreksel (nl) n, excerpt (nl) n
Finnish: tiivistelmä (fi), abstrakti (fi), yhteenveto (fi)
French: résumé (fr), abrégé (fr)
German: Abriss (de) m
Greek:
- Ancient Greek: ἐπιτομή f (epitomḗ)
Hungarian: összegzés (hu), összefoglalás (hu), kivonat (hu), foglalat (hu), lényeg (hu)
Irish: gearrinsint f
Italian: compendio (it) m, sommario (it) m, sunto (it) m, sinossi (it) f, epitome (it)
Portuguese: epítome (pt)
Russian: конспе́кт (ru) m (konspékt), кра́ткое изложе́ние n (krátkoje izložénije), резюме́ (ru) n (rezjumɛ́)
Serbo-Croatian: sinopsis (sh), epitom
Spanish: epítome (es), resumen (es), sinopsis (es)

epitome f (plural epitomi)

epitomē f (genitive epitomēs); first declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

epitome f (plural epitomi)

epitome

inflection of epitomar:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative