syncopate

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin syncopātus, past participle of syncopō, from Late Latin syncopa, from Ancient Greek σύν (sún, “with”) + κόπτω (kóptō, “cut”).

Verb

syncopate (third-person singular simple present syncopates, present participle syncopating, simple past and past participle syncopated)

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

Related terms

• syncopative
• syncope

Translations

linguistics: to use syncope

• Finnish: synkopoida
• French: syncoper (fr)
• Irish: coimrigh, meánchoimrigh, ^{(please verify)} sioncóipigh
• Maori: aruaru
• Portuguese: sincopar (pt)
• Spanish: sincopar (es)
• Swedish: synkopera

music: to stress a weak beat

• Bulgarian: синкопирам (sinkopiram)
• Finnish: synkopoida
• French: syncoper (fr)
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} sioncóipigh
• Maori: taki aruaru
• Portuguese: sincopar (pt)
• Russian: синкопировать (ru) (sinkopirovatʹ)
• Spanish: sincopar (es)
• Swedish: synkopera