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Syncope

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

(phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')

polysemous

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
?unassignedlast reviewed

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
faintsyncopation
plural
Syncopes
possessive
Syncope's
pluralpossessive
Syncopes'