síncope

See also: sincope and sincopé

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin syncope, from Ancient Greek συγκοπή (sunkopḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈsiŋ.ku.pə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈsiŋ.ko.pə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈsiŋ.ko.pe]

Noun

síncope f (plural síncopes)

1. (medicine) syncope (loss of consciousness)
2. (music) syncopation (off-beat placement of rhythmic stresses or accents)
3. (phonetics) syncope (loss of sounds in the middle of a word)

Derived terms

• sincopar

Further reading

• “síncope” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• syncope (obsolete)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsĩ.ko.pi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsĩ.ko.pi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsĩ.ko.pe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsĩ.ku.pɨ/

• Hyphenation: sín‧co‧pe

Noun

síncope f (plural síncopes)

1. (medicine) syncope (loss of consciousness)

   Synonyms: desmaio, chilique, desfalecimento

2. (music) syncopation (off-beat placement of rhythmic stresses or accents)

   Synonym: sincopação

3. (phonetics) syncope (loss of sounds in the middle of a word)

Derived terms

• sincopar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsinkope/ [ˈsĩŋ.ko.pe]

• Audio (BOL):

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• Rhymes: -inkope
• Syllabification: sín‧co‧pe

Noun

síncope m (plural síncopes)

1. (pathology) syncope
2. (phonetics) syncope

Further reading

• “síncope”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16