elipsis

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Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin ellīpsis, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis, “falling short, omission”), from ἐλλείπω (elleípō, “I fall short, leave out”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + λείπω (leípō, “I leave”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eˈlibsis/ [eˈliβ̞.sis]

Noun

elipsis f (plural elipsis)

  1. (grammar, rhetoric) ellipsis

Further reading

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