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syncopate en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsɪŋkəpeɪt/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Medieval Latin syncopātus, past participle of syncopō, from Late Latin syncopa, from Ancient Greek σύν (sún, “with”) + κόπτω (kóptō, “cut”).

Meanings

  1. (transitive) to omit a vocalic or consonantal sound or a syllable from a word; to use syncope
  2. (transitive) to stress or accentuate the weak beat of a rhythm; to use syncopation

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
syncopates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
syncopating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
syncopated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
syncopated Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

syncopator

Relateds

syncope · syncopative

Translations (16)

sv synkopera (linguistics: to use syncope) · mi aruaru (linguistics: to use syncope) · pt sincopar (linguistics: to use syncope) · fi synkopoida (linguistics: to use syncope) · ga meánchoimrigh (linguistics: to use syncope) · fr syncoper (linguistics: to use syncope) · ru синкопировать (music: to stress a weak beat) · es sincopar (music: to stress a weak beat) · sv synkopera (music: to stress a weak beat) · fr syncoper (music: to stress a weak beat) · mi taki aruaru (music: to stress a weak beat) · fi synkopoida (music: to stress a weak beat) · ga coimrigh (linguistics: to use syncope) · es sincopar (linguistics: to use syncope) · pt sincopar (music: to stress a weak beat) · bg синкопирам (music: to stress a weak beat)