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syndic

syn·dic/ˈsɪndɪk/noun

syndic is a noun meaning “A government official having different duties depending on the country; also, a magistrate, especially one of the Chief Magistrates of Geneva…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-Y-N-D-I-C and has 2 syllables (syn·dic), and it appears about once in every 21 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of syndic is syndics.

What does syndic mean?

noun

  1. 1

    A government official having different duties depending on the country; also, a magistrate, especially one of the Chief Magistrates of Geneva, Switzerland.

  2. 2

    UKAn 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.

    In France, syndics are appointed by the creditors of a bankrupt to manage the property.

  3. 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.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce syndic?

  • US /ˈsɪndɪk/

Syndic has 2 syllables, split syn·dic in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-I_learned_some_phrases-syndic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of syndic

  • syndics plural
  • syndick

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is syndic?

Syndic appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Syndic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchsyndic, syndique (government official having different duties…)
Spanishsíndico, síndica (government official having different duties…)
Portuguesesíndico, síndica (agent of a corporation, or of any body of…)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.