syncope

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsɪŋkəpi/

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Noun

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

• (swoon): faint, fainting

Hypernyms

• (prosody): metaplasm

Derived terms

• presyncope

Related terms

• syncopal, syncopic

Translations

loss of consciousness

Czech: mdloba (cs) f. German: Synkope (de) f. Greek: λιποθυμία (el) (lipoθimía) f.

Portuguese: síncope (pt) f. Scottish Gaelic: fannachadh (gd) m. Spanish: síncope (es) m.

missing sound

German: Synkope (de) f.

missed beat or off-beat stress

Czech: synkopa (cs) f. German: Synkope (de) f. Greek: συγκοπή (el) (sygkopí) f.

Icelandic: brottfall (is) n. Spanish: síncope (es) m. Swedish: synkop (sv) c.

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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Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɛ̃.kɔp/

Noun

syncope f. (plural syncopes)

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