Sunday, October 6, 2013

Wiktionary - Recent changes [en]: syncope

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syncope
Oct 6th 2013, 23:59, by Lo Ximiendo

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* {{IPA|/ˈsɪŋkəpi/}}

 

* {{IPA|/ˈsɪŋkəpi/}}

 

* {{audio|en-us-syncope.ogg|Audio (US)}}

 

* {{audio|en-us-syncope.ogg|Audio (US)}}

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* {{hyphenation|syn|co|pe|lang=en}}

 

===Noun===

 

===Noun===

 

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Latest revision as of 23:59, 6 October 2013

English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Late Latin syncope, from Ancient Greek συγκοπή (sunkopē), from σύν (sin) + κόπτω (koptein, "strike, cut off").

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪŋkəpi/
  • Audio (US) (file)
  • Hyphenation: syn‧co‧pe

Noun[edit]

syncope (plural syncopes)

  1. A loss of consciousness when someone faints, a swoon.
    • 1973 Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise
      the rapidly-whitening face, the miserable fixed smile, meant a syncope within the next few bars.
  2. (prosody) A missing sound from the interior of a word, for example by changing cannot to can't or the pronunciation of placenames in -cester (e.g. Leicester) as -ster.
  3. A missed beat or off-beat stress in music resulting in syncopation.

Synonyms[edit]

Hypernyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

loss of consciousness

missed beat or off-beat stress

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Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

syncope f (plural syncopes)

  1. syncope, fainting
  2. (linguistics) syncope
  3. (music) syncope

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