sincope

See also: sincopé and síncope

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin syncope, from Ancient Greek συγκοπή (sunkopḗ), from σύν (sún) + κόπτω (kóptō, “strike, cut off”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsin.ko.pe/
• Rhymes: -inkope
• Hyphenation: sìn‧co‧pe

Noun

sincope f (plural sincopi)

1. (pathology) syncope
2. (music, linguistics) syncopation

Related terms

• sincopale
• sincopare
• sincopato

 

Further reading

• sincope in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• sincope in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• sincope in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• sincope in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• sincope in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• sincope in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• pescino

Portuguese

Verb

sincope

1. inflection of sincopar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sinˈkope/ [sĩŋˈko.pe]
• Rhymes: -ope
• Syllabification: sin‧co‧pe

Verb

sincope

1. inflection of sincopar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative