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opine¹

  • /ə(ʊ)ˈpaɪn/ UK
  • /oʊˈpaɪn/ Canada, US
  • /əʉˈpɑen/ Australia
  • /ɐʉˈpaɪn/ New Zealand
  • [ɐʉˈpɑe̯n] New Zealand

Rhymes with -aɪn

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Middle French opiner, from Latin opīnor (“to hold as an opinion”), from *opīnus (“thinking, expecting”), only in negative nec-opīnus (“not expecting”) and in-opīnus (“not expected”); akin to optō (“to choose, desire”), and to apīscor (“to obtain”); see optate and opt.

verb opines · opining · opined

  1. intransitive, transitive To express an opinion; to state as an opinion; to suppose, consider (that). I opined that matters would soon become considerably worse.
  2. intransitive To give one's formal opinion (on or upon something). I had to opine on the situation because I thought a different perspective was in order.
  3. intransitive, transitive To suppose, consider as correct, or entertain, an opinion. Do you, Maister Francis, opine that ye will re-establish your father's credit by cutting your kinsman's thrapple, or getting your ain sneckit instead thereof in the College-yards of Glasgow?

opine²

Where it comes from

Derived from Ancient Greek ὀπός (opós, “juice of a plant”) + -ine.

noun opines

  1. Any of a class of organic compounds, derived from amino acids, found in some plant galls.

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verb have or express an opinion

Españolopinar
한국어생각하다 saenggakhada
日本語思う omou
中文表述觀點, 表述观点 biǎoshù guāndiǎn, 覺得 /觉得 juéde
Portuguêsopinar
Françaisopiner
Deutschmeinen
Ελληνικάγνωμολογώ gnomologó
Русскийполага́ть polagátʹ, счита́ть sčitátʹ, ду́мать dúmatʹ
العربيةرَأَى raʔā, ظَنَّ ẓanna

verb state as an opinion

Españolopinar
中文表示 biǎoshì
Portuguêsopinar
Italianoritenere, affermare
Русскийвыска́зывать мне́ние vyskázyvatʹ
العربيةرَأَى raʔā

noun any of a class of organic compounds, derived from amino acids, found in some plant galls

中文冠瘿氨基酸, 冠瘿碱
Italianoopina

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@misc{opine_2026,
  title = {opine},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/opine},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}