syncope
The elision or loss of a sound from the interior of a word, especially of a vowel…The elision or loss of a sound from the interior of a word, especially of a vowel sound with loss of a syllable.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)The elision or loss of a sound from the interior of a word, especially of a vowel sound with loss of a syllable.
Synkope
синко́паsinkópa
(phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in ‘fo'c'sle’ for ‘forecastle’)
(countable, uncountable)A loss of consciousness when fainting.
Synkope, Ohnmacht
о́бморокóbmorok, синко́паsinkópa
a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
(countable, uncountable)A missed beat or off-beat stress in music resulting in syncopation.
Synkope
синко́паsinkópa
Translations
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Origin
Learned borrowing from Late Latin syncopē, from Ancient Greek συγκοπή (sunkopḗ), from συγκLearned borrowing from Late Latin syncopē, from Ancient Greek συγκοπή (sunkopḗ), from συγκόπτω (sunkóptō, “cut up”) + -η (-ē, nominalization suffix), from σύν (sún, “beside, with”) + κόπτω (kóptō, “strike, cut off”). Partly continues the (near-)doublets syncopis and sincopin, both from the Old French sincopin (“faintness”) (itself from Late Latin accusative syncopen), with the pathological meaning "a loss of consciousness accompanied by a weak pulse", attested from the fifteenth century.
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Forms
plural: syncopesSynonyms
6 synonyms- (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in ‘fo'c'sle’ for ‘forecastle’):syncopation
- a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain:faintswoondeliquium
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable