synapse

synapse

See also: Synapse

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σύναψις (súnapsis, “conjunction”), from συνάπτω (sunáptō, “to clasp”). Introduced by neurophysiologist Charles Scott Sherrington.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪnæps/, /ˈsaɪnæps/, /sɪˈnæps/

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• Rhymes: -æps

Noun

synapse (plural synapses)

1. The junction between the terminal of a neuron and either another neuron or a muscle or gland cell, over which nerve impulses pass.

Related terms

• synaptic
• ephapse

Translations

junction between neurons

Arabic: مشبك‎ m Bulgarian: синапс m (sinaps) Catalan: sinapsi f Chinese: Mandarin: 突觸／突触 (zh) (tūchù) Czech: synapse f Danish: synapse c Dutch: synaps (nl) m Finnish: synapsi (fi), hermoliitos French: synapse (fr) f German: Synapse (de) f Greek: σύναψη (el) f (sýnapsi) Hebrew: סינפסה‎ f (sinapsa), מִסְנָף‎ m (misnaf), מצמד‎ (he) m (mitsmād) Hindi: please add this translation if you can Italian: sinapsi (it) f Japanese: シナプス (shinapusu) Korean: please add this translation if you can Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: gehînkeya demarî f Persian: سیناپس‎ (fa) (sīnāps), همایه‎ (fa) (hamāye) Portuguese: sinapse (pt) f Russian: си́напс (ru) m (sínaps) Serbo-Croatian: sinapsa (sh) f Slovak: synapsia Spanish: sinapsis (es) f Swedish: synaps (sv) c Turkish: sinaps Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

See also

• axon
• dendrite

Verb

synapse (third-person singular simple present synapses, present participle synapsing, simple past and past participle synapsed)

1. (intransitive) To form a synapse.
2. (intransitive) To undergo synapsis.

Translations

forming a synapse

Hungarian: átkapcsolódik, átkapcsolódik, átkapcsol (hu)

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɪnapsɛ]

Noun

synapse f

1. synapse

Related terms

• synaptický

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Danish

Noun

synapse c (singular definite synapsen, plural indefinite synapser)

1. synapse

Declension

Declension of synapse

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	synapse	synapsen	synapser	synapserne
genitive	synapses	synapsens	synapsers	synapsernes

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French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σύναψις (súnapsis, “conjunction”), from συνάπτω (sunáptō, “to clasp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.naps/

• Audio

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Noun

synapse f (plural synapses)

1. (neuroanatomy) synapse

Further reading

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