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underpants

(191,750 posts) Thu Jul 10, 2025, 03:42 PM Jul 10

How do you pronounce "biopic"?

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How do you pronounce "biopic"? (Original Post) underpants Jul 10 OP

I've always thought the "bi" was the prefix, and the "opic" refers to vision somehow. Lars39 Jul 10 #1

if it referred to vision, it would be "opTic". niyad Jul 10 #5

I meant opic, I know the difference... Lars39 Jul 10 #11

bi-OPIC, really? tonkatoy8888 Jul 10 #2

I've heard it pronounced that way a lot. underpants Jul 10 #3

see post 4 niyad Jul 10 #6

see post 4 niyad Jul 10 #7

I cannot see post #4 True Dough Jul 10 #10

There's a post 4 underpants Jul 10 #15

But this is post 7 underpants Jul 10 #16

You're right, True Dough Jul 10 #8

see post 4 niyad Jul 10 #9

Since it is short for BIOGRAPHIC PICTURE/film, it is "BIO- PIC" niyad Jul 10 #4

I Honestly Didn't Know... ProfessorGAC Jul 10 #13

That was new to me as well. niyad Jul 10 #18

When I first saw it, I was left wondering what bi-OPIC meant. Harker Jul 10 #12

Biographical Picture... Bio-Pic JoseBalow Jul 10 #14

I never knew until this thread that there was any confusion. niyad Jul 10 #19

Just to be pedantic, soldierant Jul 10 #17

I think it should be "bi-o-pic" LogDog75 Jul 10 #20

Cambridge Dictionary says Bio-pic Bristlecone Jul 11 #21

The same way I see my friend Opic off when he retruns home from a visit DFW Jul 11 #22

It's a biographical (motion) picture. Bio...pic. Iggo Jul 11 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author AllaN01Bear Jul 11 #24

Lars39

(26,402 posts)

1. I've always thought the "bi" was the prefix, and the "opic" refers to vision somehow.

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 04:03 PM

Jul 10

Oh, well.

niyad

(125,628 posts)

5. if it referred to vision, it would be "opTic".

Reply to Lars39 (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 04:48 PM

Jul 10

Lars39

(26,402 posts)

11. I meant opic, I know the difference...

Reply to niyad (Reply #5)

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 06:06 PM

Jul 10

I spent too much time in a medical dictionary when younger.
The Free Dictionary
https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com › -opic
-opic, -opical Combining forms meaning a (specified) visual field. [G. opsis, vision] Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing

tonkatoy8888

(130 posts)

2. bi-OPIC, really?

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 04:04 PM

Jul 10

Last edited Thu Jul 10, 2025, 04:55 PM - Edit history (1)

Wow, and all these years I thought it meant being able to see out of both eyes.

I kid, i kid.

underpants

(191,750 posts)

3. I've heard it pronounced that way a lot.

Reply to tonkatoy8888 (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 04:12 PM

Jul 10

Not that someone being on TV makes them right or an authority but I’ve heard it said that way often.

niyad

(125,628 posts)

6. see post 4

Reply to underpants (Reply #3)

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 04:51 PM

Jul 10

niyad

(125,628 posts)

7. see post 4

Reply to tonkatoy8888 (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 04:51 PM

Jul 10

True Dough

(23,794 posts)

10. I cannot see post #4

Reply to niyad (Reply #7)

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 05:10 PM

Jul 10

because I am bi-OPIC!

underpants

(191,750 posts)

15. There's a post 4

Reply to True Dough (Reply #10)

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 08:32 PM

Jul 10

I’ve seen it

underpants

(191,750 posts)

16. But this is post 7

Reply to niyad (Reply #7)

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 08:33 PM

Jul 10

Live in the now.

True Dough

(23,794 posts)

8. You're right,

Reply to tonkatoy8888 (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 04:55 PM

Jul 10

that sounds clinical.

I'm a BIO-pic guy.

niyad

(125,628 posts)

9. see post 4

Reply to True Dough (Reply #8)

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 04:58 PM

Jul 10

niyad

(125,628 posts)

4. Since it is short for BIOGRAPHIC PICTURE/film, it is "BIO- PIC"

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 04:46 PM

Jul 10

Still shaking my head in disbelief.

ProfessorGAC

(73,779 posts)

13. I Honestly Didn't Know...

Reply to niyad (Reply #4)

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 07:41 PM

Jul 10

...that there was an option of pronunciation.
BIO---PIC seems so obvious.

niyad

(125,628 posts)

18. That was new to me as well.

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #13)

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 10:49 PM

Jul 10

Harker

(16,644 posts)

12. When I first saw it, I was left wondering what bi-OPIC meant.

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 06:26 PM

Jul 10

Myopic, biopic.

The penny dropped when I heard it, luckily before I had any impetus to use it.

My favorite from my life spent working in second hand and antiquarian bookshops was the fellow inquiring about the popular book "Chaos"... rhymed with Taos.

JoseBalow

(8,028 posts)

14. Biographical Picture... Bio-Pic

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 08:04 PM

Jul 10

I've always been bewildered by the confusion.

niyad

(125,628 posts)

19. I never knew until this thread that there was any confusion.

Reply to JoseBalow (Reply #14)

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 10:51 PM

Jul 10

soldierant

(8,775 posts)

17. Just to be pedantic,

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 08:44 PM

Jul 10

since the "bio" part is from Greek and the "pic" part is from Latin - you just never know what people will come up with.

LogDog75

(688 posts)

20. I think it should be "bi-o-pic"

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 11:00 PM

Jul 10

Bio for biography

pic for picture

Although "bio" is correct, when it is said out loud the "o" stands by itself.

So, IMO, is should be pronounced bi-o-pic.