síncope
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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin syncope, from Ancient Greek συγκοπή (sunkopḗ).
Pronunciation
Noun
síncope f (plural síncopes)
- (medicine) syncope (loss of consciousness)
- (music) syncopation (off-beat placement of rhythmic stresses or accents)
- (phonetics) syncope (loss of sounds in the middle of a word)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “síncope” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sín‧co‧pe
Noun
síncope f (plural síncopes)
- (medicine) syncope (loss of consciousness)
- Synonyms: desmaio, chilique, desfalecimento
- (music) syncopation (off-beat placement of rhythmic stresses or accents)
- Synonym: sincopação
- (phonetics) syncope (loss of sounds in the middle of a word)
Derived terms
Spanish
Pronunciation
Noun
síncope m (plural síncopes)
Further reading
- “síncope”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10