syncope

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsɪŋ.kə.pi/

Noun

syncope

1. (linguistics, phonology, prosody) The elision or loss of a sound from the interior of a word, especially of a vowel sound with loss of a syllable.

   Synonyms: contraction

   Antonyms: epenthesis

   Hypernyms: metaplasm

   Coordinate term: apocope

2. (biology, medicine) A loss of consciousness when someone faints.

   Synonyms: swoon, faint, fainting, lipothymia

   Coordinate terms: near-syncope, presyncope, pre-syncope, pseudosyncope

3. (music) A missed beat or off-beat stress in music resulting in syncopation.

Translations

• French: syncope
• German: Synkope
• Portuguese: síncope
• Russian: синко́па
• Spanish: síncopa

Translations

• French: syncope, pâmoison
• German: Synkope
• Italian: sincope
• Portuguese: síncope
• Russian: о́бморок
• Spanish: síncope, soponcio (colloquial)

Translations

• French: syncope
• German: Synkope
• Russian: синко́па
• Spanish: síncopa

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