How do you pronounce "biopic"?

[underpants]

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[Lars39]

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

Oh, well.

[niyad]

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

[Lars39]

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

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]

2. bi-OPIC, really?

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

I kid, i kid.

[underpants]

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

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

[niyad]

6. see post 4

[niyad]

7. see post 4

[True Dough]

10. I cannot see post #4

because I am bi-OPIC!

[underpants]

15. There's a post 4

I’ve seen it

[underpants]

16. But this is post 7

Live in the now.

[True Dough]

8. You're right,

that sounds clinical.

I'm a BIO-pic guy.

[niyad]

9. see post 4

[niyad]

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

Still shaking my head in disbelief.

[ProfessorGAC]

13. I Honestly Didn't Know...

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

[niyad]

18. That was new to me as well.

[Harker]

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

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]

14. Biographical Picture... Bio-Pic

I've always been bewildered by the confusion.

[niyad]

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

[soldierant]

17. Just to be pedantic,

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]

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

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.

[Bristlecone]

21. Cambridge Dictionary says Bio-pic

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/pronunciation/english/biopic


I have always thought bi-op-ic. But never gave it much thought.

Now I know.

[DFW]

22. The same way I see my friend Opic off when he retruns home from a visit

Bye, Opic!

[Iggo]

23. It's a biographical (motion) picture. Bio...pic.

That’s exactly right and any other way is wrong.