syncope

Pronunciation: /ˈsɪŋ.kə.pi/

The English word “syncope” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

The elision or loss of a sound from the interior of a word, especially of a vowel sound with loss of a syllable.
A loss of consciousness when fainting.
A missed beat or off-beat stress in music resulting in syncopation.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin syncopē, from Ancient Greek συγκοπή (sunkopḗ), from συγκόπτω (sunkóptō, “cut up”) + -η (-ē, nominalization suffix), from σύν (sún, “beside, with”) + κόπτω (kóptō, “strike, cut off”). Partly continues the (near-)doublets syncopis and sincopin, both from the Old French sincopin (“faintness”) (itself from Late Latin accusative syncopen), with the pathological…

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