epitome

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From Middle French, from Latin epitomē, from Ancient Greek ἐπιτομή (epitomḗ, “an abridgment, also a surface-incision”), from ἐπιτέμνω (epitémnō, “to cut upon the surface, cut short, abridge”), from ἐπι- (epi-, “up”) + τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”).

99 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: toonbeeld — embodiment or encapsulation of
• Albanian: mishërim — embodiment or encapsulation of
• Arabic: مَثَال (maṯāl) — embodiment or encapsulation of
• Belarusian: ўвасабле́нне (wvasabljénnje) — embodiment or encapsulation of
• Bulgarian: въплъще́ние (vǎplǎšténie) — embodiment or encapsulation of
• Chinese Mandarin: 縮影 /缩影 (suōyǐng) — embodiment or encapsulation of
• Czech: ztělesnění — embodiment or encapsulation of
• Danish: indbegrebet — embodiment or encapsulation of
• Dutch: verwezenlijking — embodiment or encapsulation of
• Dutch: belichaming — embodiment or encapsulation of
• Dutch: personificatie — embodiment or encapsulation of
• Estonian: epitoom — embodiment or encapsulation of
• Finnish: ruumiillistuma — embodiment or encapsulation of
• French: résumé — embodiment or encapsulation of
• French: épitomé — embodiment or encapsulation of
• Galician: epítome — embodiment or encapsulation of
• German: Verkörperlichung — embodiment or encapsulation of
• Greek: επιτομή (epitomí) — embodiment or encapsulation of
• Ancient Greek: ἐπιτομή (epitomḗ) — embodiment or encapsulation of
• Hebrew: תמצית (tamtsot) — embodiment or encapsulation of
• Icelandic: ímynd — embodiment or encapsulation of
• Italian: epitome — embodiment or encapsulation of
• Japanese: 縮図 (shukuzu) — embodiment or encapsulation of
• Norwegian: innbegrepet — embodiment or encapsulation of
• Persian: خلاصه — embodiment or encapsulation of
• Polish: ucieleśnienie — embodiment or encapsulation of
• Portuguese: epítome — embodiment or encapsulation of
• Russian: воплоще́ние (voploščénije) — embodiment or encapsulation of
• Russian: олицетворе́ние (olicetvorénije) — embodiment or encapsulation of
• Serbo-Croatian: епитом — embodiment or encapsulation of
• Serbo-Croatian: утјеловљење — embodiment or encapsulation of
• Serbo-Croatian: персонификација — embodiment or encapsulation of
• Serbo-Croatian: оваплоћење — embodiment or encapsulation of
• Serbo-Croatian: epitom — embodiment or encapsulation of
• Serbo-Croatian: utjelovljenje — embodiment or encapsulation of
• Serbo-Croatian: personifikacija — embodiment or encapsulation of
• Serbo-Croatian: ovaploćenje — embodiment or encapsulation of
• Spanish: epítome — embodiment or encapsulation of
• Swedish: sammandrag — embodiment or encapsulation of
• Swedish: personifiering — embodiment or encapsulation of
• Swedish: inbegrepp — embodiment or encapsulation of
• Swedish: inkarnation — embodiment or encapsulation of
• Turkish: özet — embodiment or encapsulation of
• Yiddish: יפּיטאַמי (ypitami) — embodiment or encapsulation of
• Finnish: ruumiillistuma — representative example
• Finnish: malliesimerkki — representative example
• French: personnification — representative example
• French: incarnation — representative example
• Hungarian: típuspélda — representative example
• Hungarian: megtestesülés — representative example
• Hungarian: megtestesítő — representative example
• Hungarian: megtestesült — representative example
• Hungarian: két lábon járó — representative example
• Italian: personificazione — representative example
• Italian: incarnazione — representative example
• Romanian: personificare — representative example
• Russian: образец (obrazec) — representative example
• Spanish: personificación — representative example
• Spanish: encarnación — representative example
• Swedish: personifikation — representative example
• Dutch: toppunt — the height; the best
• Finnish: ruumiillistuma — the height; the best
• Italian: apice — the height; the best
• Māori: karamata — the height; the best
• Russian: эталон (etalon) — the height; the best
• Bulgarian: резюме (rezjume) — summary
• Dutch: samenvatting — summary
• Dutch: synopsis — summary
• Dutch: uittreksel — summary
• Dutch: excerpt — summary
• Finnish: tiivistelmä — summary
• Finnish: abstrakti — summary
• Finnish: yhteenveto — summary
• French: résumé — summary
• French: abrégé — summary
• German: Abriss — summary
• Greek: επιτομή (epitomí) — summary
• Ancient Greek: ἐπιτομή (epitomḗ) — summary
• Hungarian: összegzés — summary
• Hungarian: összefoglalás — summary
• Hungarian: kivonat — summary
• Hungarian: foglalat — summary
• Hungarian: lényeg — summary
• Irish: gearrinsint — summary
• Italian: compendio — summary
• Italian: sommario — summary
• Italian: sunto — summary
• Italian: sinossi — summary
• Italian: epitome — summary
• Polish: streszczenie — summary
• Portuguese: epítome — summary
• Russian: конспе́кт (konspékt) — summary
• Russian: кра́ткое изложе́ние (krátkoje izložénije) — summary
• Russian: резюме́ (rezjumɛ́) — summary
• Serbo-Croatian: sinopsis — summary
• Serbo-Croatian: epitom — summary
• Spanish: epítome — summary
• Spanish: resumen — summary
• Spanish: sinopsis — summary