noun · verb · 13 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/əˈpɪn.jən/
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rhymes with -ɪnjən
CMU ARPABET:AH0 P IH1 N Y AH0 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed, either through objective or subjective reasoning, about a topic, issue, person or thing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
I would like to know your opinions on the new filing system.
In my opinion, white chocolate is better than milk chocolate.
Every man is a fool in some man's opinion.
We invite you to state your opinions about the suggestions.
The judgment or sentiment which the mind forms of persons or things; estimation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: assessment, esteem, regard
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Favorable estimation; hence, consideration; reputation; fame; public sentiment or esteem.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
Obstinacy in holding to one's belief or impression; opiniativeness; conceitedness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dogmatism
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
The formal decision, or expression of views, of a judge, an umpire, a doctor, or other party officially called upon to consider and decide upon a matter or point submitted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: decision, judgment, order, ruling
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
A judicial opinion delivered by an Advocate General to the European Court of Justice where he or she proposes a legal solution to the cases for which the court is responsible.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: European-Union, countable, uncountable
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
verb
Meaning 7
To have or express as an opinion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
his opinions appeared frequently on the editorial page
From English opine + -ion, from Middle English opinion, opinioun, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French opinion, from Latin opīniō, from opīnor (“to opine”). Displaced native Old English wēna.
Across languages
Translations
238 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
mendim
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Arabic:
رَأْي
(raʔy)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Arabic:
نَظَر
(naẓar)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Arabic:
فِكْر
(fikr)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Arabic:
عَقِيدَة
(ʕaqīda)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Arabic:
رَإِي
(raʔi)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Armenian:
կարծիք
(karcikʻ)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Asturian:
opinión
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Azerbaijani:
fikir
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Azerbaijani:
rəy
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Azerbaijani:
nəzər
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Bashkir:
фекер
(feker)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Bashkir:
уй
(uy)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Basque:
iritzi
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Belarusian:
зда́нне
(zdánnje)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Belarusian:
зда́ньне
(zdánʹnje)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Belarusian:
ду́мка
(dúmka)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Belarusian:
пагля́д
(pahljád)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Belarusian:
по́гляд
(póhljad)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Belarusian:
меркава́нне
(mjerkavánnje)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Belarusian:
меркава́ньне
(mjerkavánʹnje)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Bengali:
অভিমতি
(obhimoti)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Bengali:
নজর
(nojor)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Bulgarian:
мне́ние
(mnénie)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Bulgarian:
въ́зглед
(vǎ́zgled)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Bulgarian:
схва́щане
(shváštane)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Burmese:
ဆန္ဒ
(hcanda.)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Burmese:
အထင်
(a.htang)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Buryat:
һанал
(hanal)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Catalan:
opinió
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Catalan:
parer
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Chinese Cantonese:
意見 /意见
(ji3 gin3)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Chinese Cantonese:
睇法
(tai2 faat3)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Chinese:
йиҗян
(yijian)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Chinese:
意見 /意见
(zh-min-nan)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Chinese Mandarin:
意見 /意见
(yìjiàn)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Chinese Mandarin:
看法
(kànfǎ)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Chinese Mandarin:
見解 /见解
(jiànjiě)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Czech:
názor
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Czech:
posudek
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Czech:
mínění
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Danish:
mening
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Dutch:
mening
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Dutch:
opinie
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Dutch:
visie
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Dutch:
zienswijze
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Dutch:
gedachte
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Esperanto:
opinio
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Estonian:
arvamus
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Finnish:
mielipide
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Finnish:
näkemys
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Finnish:
mieli
— thought a person has formed about a topic
French:
avis
— thought a person has formed about a topic
French:
opinion
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Friulian:
parè
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Galician:
opinión
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Georgian:
აზრი
(azri)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Georgian:
მოსაზრება
(mosazreba)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Georgian:
შეხედულება
(šexeduleba)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
German:
Meinung
— thought a person has formed about a topic
German:
Ansicht
— thought a person has formed about a topic
German:
Anschauung
— thought a person has formed about a topic
German:
Meinig
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Gothic:
𐌼𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌽𐍃
(mitōns)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Greek:
γνώμη
(gnómi)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Greek:
άποψη
(ápopsi)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Ancient Greek:
γνώμη
(gnṓmē)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Ancient Greek:
γνῶμα
(gnôma)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Gujarati:
અભિપ્રાય
(abhiprāya)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Hebrew:
דֵעָה
(de'á)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Hindi:
विचार
(vicār)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Hindi:
राय
(rāy)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Hindi:
ख़याल
(xayāl)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Hindi:
अभिमत
(abhimat)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Hindi:
नज़र
(nazar)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Hungarian:
vélemény
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Hungarian:
nézet
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Hungarian:
szakvélemény
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Icelandic:
álit
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Ido:
opiniono
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Indonesian:
opini
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Indonesian:
pendapat
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Irish:
tuairim
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Irish:
meas
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Irish:
barúil
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Italian:
opinione
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Italian:
concetto
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Italian:
parere
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Italian:
giudizio
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Japanese:
意見
(iken)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Japanese:
見解
(kenkai)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Japanese:
オピニオン
(opinion)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Javanese:
opini
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Kannada:
ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ
(abhiprāya)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Kazakh:
пікір
(pıkır)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Kazakh:
ой
(oi)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Khalaj:
aqîdə
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Khmer:
យោបល់
(yoobɑl)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Khmer:
មតិ
(mĕəʼteʼ)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Khmer:
គំនិត
(kumnɨt)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Korean:
의견
(uigyeon)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Korean:
견해
(gyeonhae)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Northern Kurdish:
nêrîn
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Northern Kurdish:
ray
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Northern Kurdish:
boçûn
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Kyrgyz:
пикир
(pikir)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Kyrgyz:
ой
(oy)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Lao:
ຄວາມເຫັນ
(khuām hen)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Lao:
ທັດສະນະ
(that sa na)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Lao:
ສຽງ
(sīang)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Latgalian:
redzīņs
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Latin:
ōpīniō
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Latin:
sententia
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Latin:
iudicium
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Latvian:
doma
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Latvian:
viedoklis
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Ligurian:
òpinión
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Lithuanian:
nuomonė
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Luxembourgish:
Meenung
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Luxembourgish:
Avis
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Luxembourgish:
Usiicht
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Macedonian:
мислење
(mislenje)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Macedonian:
мнение
(mnenie)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Macedonian:
суд
(sud)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Malay:
pendapat
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Malayalam:
അഭിപ്രായം
(abhiprāyaṁ)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Maltese:
fehma
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Maltese:
opinjoni
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Mingrelian:
არზი
(arzi)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Mongolian:
санал
(sanal)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Norwegian Bokmål:
mening
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Norwegian Bokmål:
synspunkt
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Occitan:
opinion
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Old English:
wēna
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Pannonian Rusyn:
думанє
(dumanje)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Pannonian Rusyn:
дума
(duma)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Pannonian Rusyn:
мниниє
(mninije)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Papiamentu:
opinion
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Pashto:
اند
(and)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Pashto:
نظر
(nazar)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Pashto:
عقيده
('aqida)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Dari:
نَظَر
(nazar)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Dari:
عَقِیدَه
(aqīda)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Dari:
رَأْی
(ra'y)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Dari:
فِکْر
(fikr)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Iranian Persian:
نَظَر
(nazar)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Iranian Persian:
عَقیدِه
(aġide)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Iranian Persian:
رَأْی
(ra'y)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Iranian Persian:
فِکْر
(fekr)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Polish:
opinia
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Polish:
zdanie
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Polish:
pogląd
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Portuguese:
opinião
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Romanian:
părere
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Romanian:
opinie
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Russian:
мне́ние
(mnénije)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Russian:
взгляд
(vzgljad)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Russian:
воззре́ние
(vozzrénije)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Scottish Gaelic:
barail
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Scottish Gaelic:
beachd
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Serbo-Croatian:
ми̏шље̄ње
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Serbo-Croatian:
мне́ње
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Serbo-Croatian:
на́зор
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Serbo-Croatian:
mȉšljēnje
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Serbo-Croatian:
mnénje
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Serbo-Croatian:
názor
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Slovak:
názor
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Slovene:
mnenje
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Spanish:
opinión
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Spanish:
parecer
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Spanish:
juicio
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Spanish:
apreciación
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Spanish:
concepto
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Spanish:
consideración
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Spanish:
sentencia
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Swahili:
maoni
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Swedish:
mening
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Swedish:
uppfattning
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Swedish:
omdöme
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Swedish:
tycke
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Swedish:
åsikt
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Tagalog:
opinyon
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Tajik:
фикр
(fikr)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Tajik:
мулоҳиза
(mulohiza)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Tajik:
андеша
(andeša)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Tajik:
назар
(nazar)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Tajik:
ақида
(aqida)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Tajik:
рой
(roy)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Tajik:
раъй
(ra'y)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Tamil:
கருத்து
(karuttu)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Tatar:
фикер
(fiker)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Tatar:
уй
(uy)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Telugu:
అభిప్రయము
(abhiprayamu)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Thai:
ความเห็น
(kwaam-hěn)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Thai:
เสียง
(sǐiang)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Tibetan:
བསམ་ཚུལ
(bsam tshul)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Tok Pisin:
tingting
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Turkish:
görüş
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Turkish:
fikir
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Ottoman Turkish:
بیلك
(bilek)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Ottoman Turkish:
آرا
(ara)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Turkmen:
pikir
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Ukrainian:
ду́мка
(dúmka)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Ukrainian:
по́гляд
(póhljad)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Ukrainian:
здання́
(zdannjá)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Urdu:
رائے
(rāe)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Urdu:
خَیال
(xayāl)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Urdu:
نَظَر
(nazar)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Urdu:
عَقِیدَہ
('aqīda)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Urdu:
فِکْر
(fikr)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Uyghur:
پىكىر
(pikir)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Uyghur:
ئوي
(oy)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Uzbek:
fikr
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Uzbek:
mulohaza
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Uzbek:
nazar
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Uzbek:
oʻy
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Vietnamese:
ý kiến
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Vietnamese:
kiến giải
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Vietnamese:
ý
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Volapük:
kredül
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Welsh:
barn
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Yiddish:
מיינונג
(meynung)
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Zazaki:
fıkır
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Zazaki:
asatış
— thought a person has formed about a topic
Bulgarian:
заключе́ние
(zaključénie)
— EU: a judicial opinion by an Advocate General delivered to the European Court of Justice
Czech:
stanovisko
— EU: a judicial opinion by an Advocate General delivered to the European Court of Justice
Dutch:
conclusie
— EU: a judicial opinion by an Advocate General delivered to the European Court of Justice
Estonian:
ettepanek
— EU: a judicial opinion by an Advocate General delivered to the European Court of Justice
Finnish:
ratkaisuehdotus
— EU: a judicial opinion by an Advocate General delivered to the European Court of Justice
French:
conclusions
— EU: a judicial opinion by an Advocate General delivered to the European Court of Justice
German:
Schlussanträge
— EU: a judicial opinion by an Advocate General delivered to the European Court of Justice
Greek:
προτάσεις
(protáseis)
— EU: a judicial opinion by an Advocate General delivered to the European Court of Justice
Italian:
conclusioni
— EU: a judicial opinion by an Advocate General delivered to the European Court of Justice
Norwegian Bokmål:
uttalelse
— EU: a judicial opinion by an Advocate General delivered to the European Court of Justice
Portuguese:
conclusão
— EU: a judicial opinion by an Advocate General delivered to the European Court of Justice
Russian:
заключе́ние
(zaključénije)
— EU: a judicial opinion by an Advocate General delivered to the European Court of Justice
Slovak:
návrhy
— EU: a judicial opinion by an Advocate General delivered to the European Court of Justice
Spanish:
conclusiones
— EU: a judicial opinion by an Advocate General delivered to the European Court of Justice
