"syncopation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: syncopations [plural]
Etymology: syncopate + -ion The phonological sense first attested in English in the 1530's, the musical sense in the 1590's. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)kep-}}, {{suffix|en|syncopate|ion}} syncopate + -ion Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} syncopation (usually uncountable, plural syncopations)
  1. (linguistics, phonology) The contraction of a word by means of loss or omission of sounds or syllables in the middle thereof. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Linguistics, Phonology Translations (phonology: loss of sounds): synkopee (Finnish), szinkópa (Hungarian), synkope [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-syncopation-en-noun-~m3vhZep Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, sciences Disambiguation of 'phonology: loss of sounds': 78 22
  2. (music) The quality of a rhythm being somehow unexpected, in that it deviates from the strict succession of regularly spaced strong and weak beats in a meter. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Music Translations (rhythm quality): 切分 (Chinese), 切分音 (Chinese), synkopaatio (Finnish), syncopation [feminine] (French), szinkópa (Hungarian), シンコペーション (shinkopēshon) (Japanese), taki aruaru (Maori), síncope [feminine] (Portuguese), sincopação [feminine] (Portuguese), synkopering [common-gender] (Swedish), synkop [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-syncopation-en-noun-FC5v-5sY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ion Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ion: 36 64 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'rhythm quality': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: syncopational, syncopationally Related terms: syncope

Inflected forms

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