syncopation

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syncopation

/ˌsɪŋ.kəˈpeɪ.ʃən/

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From syncopate + -ion. The phonological sense was first attested in English in the 1530's, the musical sense in the 1590's.

noun syncopations

uncountable, usually The contraction of a word by means of loss or omission of sounds or syllables in the middle thereof.
uncountable, usually 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.

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noun phonology: loss of sounds

中文	字中音省略 zìzhōngyīnshěnglüè
Ελληνικά	συγκοπή sygkopí

noun rhythm quality

日本語	シンコペーション shinkopēshon
Português	síncope, sincopação
Français	syncopation
Ελληνικά	συγκοπή sygkopí

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@misc{syncopation_2026,
  title = {syncopation},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/syncopation},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}