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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin syncope, from Ancient Greek συγκοπή (sunkopḗ), from σύν (sún) + κόπτω (kóptō, “strike, cut off”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sincope f (plural sincopi)
- (pathology) syncope
- (music, linguistics) syncopation
Further reading
- sincope in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- sincope in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- sincope in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- sincope in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- sincope in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- sincope in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Portuguese
Verb
sincope
- inflection of sincopar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sinˈkope/
- Rhymes: -ope
- Syllabification: sin‧co‧pe
Verb
sincope
- inflection of sincopar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative