noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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US:/ˈsɪləbəs/
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rhymes with -ɪləbəs
CMU ARPABET:S IH1 L AH0 B AH0 S
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1
noun
Meaning 1
A summary of topics which will be covered during an academic course, or a text or lecture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: education
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The headnote of a reported case; the brief statement of the points of law determined prefixed to a reported case.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
an integrated course of academic studies
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
he was admitted to a new program at the university
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: course of study, program, programme, curriculum
Borrowed from Medieval Latin syllabus (“list”), which arose from accusative plural syllabōs appearing as a corruption of sittybās (accusative plural of sittyba, from Ancient Greek σιττύβα (sittúba, “parchment label; table of contents”)) in a 1470s edition of Cicero's “Ad Atticum” IV.5 and 8, influenced by the stem of Ancient Greek συλλαμβάνω (sullambánō, “to put together”).
Across languages
Translations
57 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
կոնսպեկտ
(konspekt)
— summary of topics
Basque:
syllabus
— summary of topics
Bulgarian:
програ́ма
(prográma)
— summary of topics
Catalan:
temari
— summary of topics
Catalan:
currículum
— summary of topics
Chinese Mandarin:
教學大綱 /教学大纲
(jiàoxué dàgāng)
— summary of topics
Danish:
studieplan
— summary of topics
Dutch:
leerstof
— summary of topics
Dutch:
stof
— summary of topics
Dutch:
syllabus
— summary of topics
Finnish:
oppisisältö
— summary of topics
Finnish:
kurssin sisältö
— summary of topics
French:
programme
— summary of topics
French:
syllabus
— summary of topics
French:
plan de cours
— summary of topics
French:
sommaire
— summary of topics
Georgian:
სილაბუსი
(silabusi)
— summary of topics
German:
Lehrplan
— summary of topics
German:
Studienprogramm
— summary of topics
German:
Lehrprogramm
— summary of topics
German:
Syllabus
— summary of topics
Greek:
περίληψη
(perílipsi)
— summary of topics
Hebrew:
סילבוס
(silabus)
— summary of topics
Hungarian:
sillabusz
— summary of topics
Icelandic:
námsáætlun
— summary of topics
Indonesian:
silabus
— summary of topics
Italian:
programma
— summary of topics
Japanese:
シラバス
(shirabasu)
— summary of topics
Japanese:
教案
(kyōan)
— summary of topics
Polish:
program nauczania
— summary of topics
Polish:
syllabus
— summary of topics
Polish:
sylabus
— summary of topics
Portuguese:
programa
— summary of topics
Portuguese:
ementa
— summary of topics
Russian:
уче́бная програ́мма
(učébnaja prográmma)
— summary of topics
Russian:
уче́бный план
(učébnyj plan)
— summary of topics
Russian:
план
— summary of topics
Russian:
си́ллабус
(síllabus)
— summary of topics
Serbo-Croatian:
на́ста̄внӣ про̀грам
— summary of topics
Serbo-Croatian:
nástāvnī prògram
— summary of topics
Slovak:
sylaby predmetu
— summary of topics
Slovak:
osnovy predmetu
— summary of topics
Slovak:
informačný list predmetu
— summary of topics
Spanish:
temario
— summary of topics
Spanish:
syllabus
— summary of topics
Spanish:
plan docente
— summary of topics
Spanish:
sílabo
— summary of topics
Spanish:
balotario
— summary of topics
Swedish:
studieplan
— summary of topics
Tagalog:
talapaksaan
— summary of topics
Turkish:
izlek
— summary of topics
Turkish:
izlence
— summary of topics
Turkish:
müfredat
— summary of topics
Ukrainian:
програ́ма
(prohráma)
— summary of topics
Ukrainian:
навча́льна програ́ма
(navčálʹna prohráma)
— summary of topics