"syncopation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: syncopations [plural]
Etymology: From syncopate + -ion. The phonological sense was 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): 字中音省略 (zìzhōngyīnshěnglüè) (Chinese Mandarin), synkopee (Finnish), szinkópa (Hungarian), synkope [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-syncopation-en-noun-~m3vhZep 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 (qiēfēn/qiēfēnyīn) (Chinese), 切分音 (qiēfēn/qiēfēnyīn) (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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ion: 14 86 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 13 87 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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