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syllabus en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈsɪləbəs/ (US)
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Etymology

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”).

Meanings

1. A summary of topics which will be covered during an academic course, or a text or lecture.
   • In the first half of the year, teachers attended the training workshop for the new K-10 Chinese syllabus. In July, almost all the teachers attended the teacher training courses provided by OCAC. 2019 November 23, A Falun Dafa practitioner in Australia, “Eliminating Attachments While Helping Coordinate a Minghui School”, in Minghui:
   • ‘I checked online for a beginner syllabus,’ she say. ‘A syllabus is a plan for how we would work, what I can teach you.’ 2020, Abi Daré, The Girl With The Louding Voice, Sceptre, page 183:
2. The headnote of a reported case; the brief statement of the points of law determined prefixed to a reported case.

Forms

Relateds

syllabary · syllable

Translations (58)

pl program nauczania (summary of topics) · ru уче́бная програ́мма (summary of topics) · ca temari (summary of topics) · pt programa (summary of topics) · el περίληψη (summary of topics) · ja 教案 (summary of topics) · id silabus (summary of topics) · nl syllabus (summary of topics) · fr sommaire (summary of topics) · nl stof (summary of topics) · sh nástāvnī prògram (summary of topics) · nl leerstof (summary of topics) · de Lehrprogramm (summary of topics) · cmn 教學大綱 /教学大纲 (summary of topics) · is námsáætlun (summary of topics) · de Studienprogramm (summary of topics) · pl sylabus (summary of topics) · sk sylaby predmetu (summary of topics) · eu syllabus (summary of topics) · sk osnovy predmetu (summary of topics) · it programma (summary of topics) · bg програ́ма (summary of topics) · fr plan de cours (summary of topics) · sk informačný list predmetu (summary of topics) · es syllabus (summary of topics) · fi oppisisältö (summary of topics) · tr izlence (summary of topics) · fr programme (summary of topics) · es balotario (summary of topics) · es temario (summary of topics) · de Syllabus (summary of topics) · hu sillabusz (summary of topics) · pl syllabus (summary of topics) · tr müfredat (summary of topics) · es sílabo (summary of topics) · sh на́ста̄внӣ про̀грам (summary of topics) · pt ementa (summary of topics) · cy maes llafur (summary of topics) · ka სილაბუსი (summary of topics) · he סילבוס (summary of topics) · sv studieplan (summary of topics) · hy կոնսպեկտ (summary of topics) · ru си́ллабус (summary of topics) · es plan docente (summary of topics) · nv bíhwiidooʼáłígíí binahatʼaʼ (summary of topics) · fi kurssin sisältö (summary of topics) · ca currículum (summary of topics) · tr izlek (summary of topics) · tl talapaksaan (summary of topics) · uk програ́ма (summary of topics) · fr syllabus (summary of topics) · ur نِصاب (summary of topics) · ja シラバス (summary of topics) · ru уче́бный план (summary of topics) · uk навча́льна програ́ма (summary of topics) · ru план (summary of topics) · da studieplan (summary of topics) · de Lehrplan (summary of topics)