noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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rhymes with -ɪndɪk
1
noun
Meaning 1
A government official having different duties depending on the country; also, a magistrate, especially one of the Chief Magistrates of Geneva, Switzerland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government
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noun
Meaning 2
An agent of a corporation, or of any body of people engaged in a business enterprise; specifically, in the University of Cambridge, a member of the senate appointed to carry out specific duties.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
Examples
In France, syndics are appointed by the creditors of a bankrupt to manage the property.
The University of Cambridge has syndics who are chosen from the senate to transact special business, such as the regulation of fees and the framing of laws.
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noun
Meaning 3
A layperson who is given official responsibility for the finances, care, and civil administration of the nonreligious details of a convent or religious community.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Catholicism, Christianity
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noun
Meaning 4
one appointed to represent a city or university or corporation in business transactions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: agent, factor, broker
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱómder.? Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.? Proto-Hellenic *ksún Ancient Greek σύν (sún) Ancient Greek σῠν- (sŭn-) Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-der. Ancient Greek δῐ́κη (dĭ́kē) Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek σῠ́νδῐκος (sŭ́ndĭkos)bor. Late Latin syndicuslbor. French syndicbor. English syndic Borrowed from French syndic (“delegated representative; a chief magistrate of Geneva; a censor; critic (obsolete)”), from Late Latin syndicus (“syndic, representative of a corporation or town”), from Ancient Greek σύνδικος (súndikos, “advocate of a defendant”), from σῠν- (sŭn-, “together, with”) + δῐ́κη (dĭ́kē, “law, order”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to point out”)) + -ος (-os).
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
висш администратор
(visš administrator)
— government official having different duties depending on the country
Estonian:
sündik
— government official having different duties depending on the country
French:
syndic
— government official having different duties depending on the country
French:
syndique
— government official having different duties depending on the country
Ido:
sindiko
— government official having different duties depending on the country
Italian:
sindaco
— government official having different duties depending on the country
Italian:
sindaca
— government official having different duties depending on the country
Latin:
syndicus
— government official having different duties depending on the country
Latin:
ecdicus
— government official having different duties depending on the country
Occitan:
sendegue
— government official having different duties depending on the country
Spanish:
síndico
— government official having different duties depending on the country
Spanish:
síndica
— government official having different duties depending on the country
Bulgarian:
синдик
(sindik)
— agent of a corporation, or of any body of people engaged in a business enterprise
Catalan:
síndic
— agent of a corporation, or of any body of people engaged in a business enterprise
Catalan:
síndica
— agent of a corporation, or of any body of people engaged in a business enterprise
Esperanto:
sindiko
— agent of a corporation, or of any body of people engaged in a business enterprise
Portuguese:
síndico
— agent of a corporation, or of any body of people engaged in a business enterprise
Portuguese:
síndica
— agent of a corporation, or of any body of people engaged in a business enterprise