eclipsis
eclipsis · eclipses
Eklipse
A line or dash used to show that text has been omittedA line or dash used to show that text has been omitted.
/ɪˈklɪpsɪs/
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)A line or dash used to show that text has been omitted.
(Irish, countable, uncountable)A mutation of the initial sound of a word by which voiceless sounds become voiced, voiced stops become nasal consonants, and vowels acquire a prothetic nasal consonant: see Appendix:Irish mutations#Eclipsis.
Eklipse
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)An omission of words needed to fully express the sense of a phrase.
omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences
Translations
1 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
mutation in Irish grammar:
Origin
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἔκλειψις (ékleipsis, “disappearance, abandoning”). DoLearned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἔκλειψις (ékleipsis, “disappearance, abandoning”). Doublet of eclipse.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
plural: eclipsesSynonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences:ellipsis
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable