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 [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• syncope (pre-standardization spelling)

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

   • 1925 January 1, “Teria se suicidado por haver o filho casado com uma geisha [Committed suicide because his son had married a geisha]”, in Correio da Manhã‎^[1], volume XXIV, number 9296, Rio de Janeiro, page 1:

     A causa mortis official tem sido apresentada como uma syncope cardiaca, mas correm boatos de que o marquez se suicidou desgostoso com o casamento de seu filho com uma geisha.

     The official cause of death has been presented as cardiac syncope, but there are rumors that the marquis committed suicide distasteful of his son’s marriage with a geisha.

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), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10