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underpants

(196,862 posts) Thu Jul 10, 2025, 03:42 PM Jul 2025

How do you pronounce "biopic"?

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How do you pronounce "biopic"? (Original Post) underpants Jul 2025 OP

I've always thought the "bi" was the prefix, and the "opic" refers to vision somehow. Lars39 Jul 2025 #1

if it referred to vision, it would be "opTic". niyad Jul 2025 #5

I meant opic, I know the difference... Lars39 Jul 2025 #11

bi-OPIC, really? tonkatoy8888 Jul 2025 #2

I've heard it pronounced that way a lot. underpants Jul 2025 #3

see post 4 niyad Jul 2025 #6

see post 4 niyad Jul 2025 #7

I cannot see post #4 True Dough Jul 2025 #10

There's a post 4 underpants Jul 2025 #15

But this is post 7 underpants Jul 2025 #16

You're right, True Dough Jul 2025 #8

see post 4 niyad Jul 2025 #9

Since it is short for BIOGRAPHIC PICTURE/film, it is "BIO- PIC" niyad Jul 2025 #4

I Honestly Didn't Know... ProfessorGAC Jul 2025 #13

That was new to me as well. niyad Jul 2025 #18

When I first saw it, I was left wondering what bi-OPIC meant. Harker Jul 2025 #12

Biographical Picture... Bio-Pic JoseBalow Jul 2025 #14

I never knew until this thread that there was any confusion. niyad Jul 2025 #19

Just to be pedantic, soldierant Jul 2025 #17

I think it should be "bi-o-pic" LogDog75 Jul 2025 #20

Cambridge Dictionary says Bio-pic Bristlecone Jul 2025 #21

The same way I see my friend Opic off when he retruns home from a visit DFW Jul 2025 #22

It's a biographical (motion) picture. Bio...pic. Iggo Jul 2025 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author AllaN01Bear Jul 2025 #24

Lars39

(26,550 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 2025

Oh, well.

niyad

(133,250 posts)

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

Reply to Lars39 (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 04:48 PM

Jul 2025

Lars39

(26,550 posts)

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

Reply to niyad (Reply #5)

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 06:06 PM

Jul 2025

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

(195 posts)

2. bi-OPIC, really?

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 04:04 PM

Jul 2025

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

(196,862 posts)

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

Reply to tonkatoy8888 (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 04:12 PM

Jul 2025

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

niyad

(133,250 posts)

6. see post 4

Reply to underpants (Reply #3)

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 04:51 PM

Jul 2025

niyad

(133,250 posts)

7. see post 4

Reply to tonkatoy8888 (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 04:51 PM

Jul 2025

True Dough

(27,008 posts)

10. I cannot see post #4

Reply to niyad (Reply #7)

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 05:10 PM

Jul 2025

because I am bi-OPIC!

underpants

(196,862 posts)

15. There's a post 4

Reply to True Dough (Reply #10)

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 08:32 PM

Jul 2025

I’ve seen it

underpants

(196,862 posts)

16. But this is post 7

Reply to niyad (Reply #7)

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 08:33 PM

Jul 2025

Live in the now.

True Dough

(27,008 posts)

8. You're right,

Reply to tonkatoy8888 (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 04:55 PM

Jul 2025

that sounds clinical.

I'm a BIO-pic guy.

niyad

(133,250 posts)

9. see post 4

Reply to True Dough (Reply #8)

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 04:58 PM

Jul 2025

niyad

(133,250 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 2025

Still shaking my head in disbelief.

ProfessorGAC

(77,019 posts)

13. I Honestly Didn't Know...

Reply to niyad (Reply #4)

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 07:41 PM

Jul 2025

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

niyad

(133,250 posts)

18. That was new to me as well.

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #13)

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 10:49 PM

Jul 2025

Harker

(17,941 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 2025

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

(9,618 posts)

14. Biographical Picture... Bio-Pic

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 08:04 PM

Jul 2025

I've always been bewildered by the confusion.

niyad

(133,250 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 2025

soldierant

(9,362 posts)

17. Just to be pedantic,

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 08:44 PM

Jul 2025

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

(1,320 posts)

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

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 11:00 PM

Jul 2025

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.