syncope

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.3.5 External links 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun

[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

Late Latin syncope, from Greek συγκοπή (sygkope), from σύν (sin) + κόπτειν (koptein), “‘to strike, cut off’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /'sɪŋkəpi/
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[edit] Noun

syncope (plural syncopes)

1. A loss of consciousness when someone faints, a swoon.

   • 1973: the rapidly-whitening face, the miserable fixed smile, meant a syncope within the next few bars. — Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise

2. 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.

[edit] Synonyms

• swoon
• faint
• fainting

[edit] Derived terms

• presyncope

[edit] Related terms

• syncopal

[edit] Translations

[edit] External links

• syncope in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• syncope in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɛ̃.kɔp/

[edit] Noun

syncope

1. fainting (an act of collapsing to a state to temporary unconsciousness)