syncope
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Late Latin syncope, from Greek συγκοπή (sygkope), from σύν (sin) + κόπτειν (koptein), “‘to strike, cut off’”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /'sɪŋkəpi/
- Audio (US)help, file
[edit] Noun
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syncope (plural syncopes)
- A loss of consciousness when someone faints, a swoon.
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- 1973: the rapidly-whitening face, the miserable fixed smile, meant a syncope within the next few bars. — Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise
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- 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.
- A missed beat or off-beat stress in music resulting in syncopation.
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loss of consciousness
missed beat or off-beat stress
[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
[edit] French
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /sɛ̃.kɔp/
[edit] Noun
syncope
- fainting (an act of collapsing to a state to temporary unconsciousness)
This French entry was created from the translations listed at fainting. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see syncope in the French Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) June 2008