Dictionary

ellipsis en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɪˈlɪp.sɪs/
• (US) audio

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin ellīpsis, from Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis, “omission”). Doublet of ellipse.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A mark consisting of multiple full stops (with or without spaces), used to indicate omitted, missing, or illegible words; or (in mathematics) that a pattern continues.
   • CARD: Hey Baby. Thanks for the … last night. Love you! HAZEL: Wow. I've never despised an ellipsis so much in my life. 2006, Danielle Corsetto, Girls with Slingshots: 114:
   • The ellipsis in 0.333... means that the number is a repeating decimal, having threes that go on forever.
   • The ellipsis in 1, 2, 3, ..., 8, 9 means that the numbers 4, 5, 6, and 7 are not explicitly included, but are considered to be part of the pattern.
2. (countable, rhetoric, uncountable) The omission from a clause of a word or phrase that is nevertheless inferred using the context of the remaining element.
3. (countable, uncountable) The omission of scenes in a film that do not advance the plot.
   • It was now possible for writers and directors to cut scenes that did not further the plot; called "ellipses" by filmmakers. 2002, David Blanke, The 1910s: 219:
4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) An ellipse.

Forms

Deriveds

ellipsism · ellipsization · vertical ellipsis

Relateds

bracket · stroke · period · question mark · quotation marks · curly brackets · full stop · space · square bracket · hyphen · eclipsis · ecthlipsis · interrobang · Canada) · dash · interpunct · exclamation mark · elliptically · brace · colon · guillemet · bracket · elliptical · quotation marks · slash · semicolon · fraction slash · parentheses (US · comma · apostrophe

Synonyms

suspension dots · dot dot dot · suspension points

Translations (140)

sq shumëpikësh (typographic mark) · ug كۆپ چېكىت (typographic mark) · mk неколку точки (typographic mark) · lo ຈຸດສາມຈຸດ (typographic mark) · cmn 刪節號 /删节号 (typographic mark) · my စာချန်မှတ် (typographic mark) · ko 말줄임표 (typographic mark) · pt três pontos (typographic mark) · de Ellipse (omission of word or phrase) · eo tripunkto (typographic mark) · sh три тачке (typographic mark) · uk три кра́пки (typographic mark) · da udeladelse (omission of word or phrase) · cs elipsa (omission of word or phrase) · ky көп чекит (typographic mark) · nl weglating (omission of word or phrase) · sh tri tačke (typographic mark) · et väljajätt (omission of word or phrase) · pl wyrzutnia (omission of word or phrase) · fr points de suspension (typographic mark) · sh тро̀точка (typographic mark) · sh троточје (typographic mark) · et mõttepunktid (typographic mark) · ar إِضْمَار (typographic mark) · it ellissi (omission of word or phrase) · sk tri bodky (typographic mark) · bg многото́чие (typographic mark) · hu szó vagy mondatrész kihagyása/elhagyása (omission of word or phrase) · az üç nöqtə (typographic mark) · tg нуқтаҳо (typographic mark) · is úrfellingarmerki (typographic mark) · ko 줄임표 (typographic mark) · ko 점점점 (typographic mark) · nn ellipse (omission of word or phrase) · es puntos suspensivos (typographic mark) · da ellipse (typographic mark) · cs výpustka (omission of word or phrase) · ru э́ллипсис (omission of word or phrase) · th การละความ (omission of word or phrase) · ja 省略記号 (typographic mark) · nb ellipse (typographic mark) · xal олн цег (typographic mark) · mk испуштање (omission of word or phrase) · mk три точки (typographic mark) · cs trojtečka (typographic mark) · it punti di sospensione (typographic mark) · he אֵלִיפְּסָה (omission of word or phrase) · hu jelentéstapadás (omission of word or phrase) · nb ellipse (omission of word or phrase) · tg бисёрнуқта (typographic mark) · fi ellipsi (omission of word or phrase) · fi kolme pistettä (typographic mark) · he הֶשְׁמֵט (omission of word or phrase) · sv tre punkter (typographic mark) · pl wielokropek (typographic mark) · tg сенуқта (typographic mark) · cmn 省略號 /省略号 (typographic mark) · nb utelatelsestegn (typographic mark) · pl elipsa (omission of word or phrase) · nl ellips (omission of word or phrase) · ja リーダー (typographic mark) · nl ellips (typographic mark) · be кро́пкі (typographic mark) · sv ellips (typographic mark) · hu hárompont-jel (typographic mark) · de drei Punkte (typographic mark) · ja 省略 (typographic mark) · cy atalnodau llawn (typographic mark) · es elipsis (omission of word or phrase) · cmn …… (typographic mark) · et punkt punkt punkt (typographic mark) · ga focalbhá (omission of word or phrase) · pt elipse (omission of word or phrase) · sh trotočje (typographic mark) · ja …… (typographic mark) · ms tanda elipsis (typographic mark) · fi ellipsi (typographic mark) · hu három pont (typographic mark) · nb ellipsetegn (typographic mark) · fa-ira سِهنُقْطِه (typographic mark) · sv utelämningstecken (typographic mark) · ga comhartha focalbhá (typographic mark) · hu szóelhagyás (omission of word or phrase) · km ចំណុចបី (typographic mark) · br berrdro (omission of word or phrase) · tr eksiltim (omission of word or phrase) · ru многото́чие (typographic mark) · tr eksilti (omission of word or phrase) · th จุดสามจุด (typographic mark) · lv daudzpunkte (typographic mark) · ro elipsă (omission of word or phrase) · id tanda elipsis (typographic mark) · kk көп нүкте (typographic mark) · el έλλειψη (omission of word or phrase) · th จุดไข่ปลา (typographic mark) · ca punts suspensius (typographic mark) · nl beletselteken (typographic mark) · nn ellipse (typographic mark) · sq elipsë (omission of word or phrase) · ru троето́чие (typographic mark) · et kolm punkti (typographic mark) · ru опуще́ние (omission of word or phrase) · el αποσιωπητικά (typographic mark) · hu hármaspont (typographic mark) · nl doorlooppuntjes (typographic mark) · ro puncte de suspensie (typographic mark) · uz koʻp nuqta (typographic mark) · da ellipse (omission of word or phrase) · sh tròtočka (typographic mark) · ar حَذْف (typographic mark) · ru про́пуск (omission of word or phrase) · da udeladelsesprikker (typographic mark) · ca el·lipsi (omission of word or phrase) · be шматкро́п'е (typographic mark) · ka მრავალწერტილი (typographic mark) · mi kupu mahue (omission of word or phrase) · it tre puntini (typographic mark) · vi dấu ba chấm (typographic mark) · hy կախման կետեր (typographic mark) · tr üç nokta (typographic mark) · lt daugtaškis (typographic mark) · tr elips (omission of word or phrase) · my ပေယျာလ (typographic mark) · uk крапки́ (typographic mark) · vi dấu chấm lửng (typographic mark) · et ellips (omission of word or phrase) · fi sananheitto (omission of word or phrase) · pt pontos de reticência (typographic mark) · hu ellipszis (omission of word or phrase) · sv uteslutningstecken (typographic mark) · fr ellipse (typographic mark) · sl tripičje (typographic mark) · pt reticências (typographic mark) · ja … (typographic mark) · ja 省略 (omission of word or phrase) · bg пропускане на дума (omission of word or phrase) · de Auslassungspunkte (typographic mark) · nb tre prikker (typographic mark) · fr ellipse (omission of word or phrase) · mn цуваа цэг (typographic mark)