syncopate

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin syncopātus, past participle of syncopō, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin syncopa, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek σύν (sún, “with”) + κόπτω (kóptō, “cut”)

Verb

1. (transitive, linguistics) to omit a sound or a letter from a word; to use syncope
2. (transitive, music) to stress or accentuate the weak beat of a rhythm; to use syncopation

Translations

linguistics: to use syncope

• Finnish: synkopoida
• Irish: coimrigh, meánchoimrigh, ^{(please verify)} sioncóipigh
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: aruaru
• Spanish: sincopar (es)

music: to stress a weak beat

• Finnish: synkopoida
• French: syncoper (fr)
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} sioncóipigh
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: taki aruaru
• Russian: синкопировать (ru) (sinkopirovatʹ)
• Spanish: sincopar (es)
• Swedish: synkopera