syncopation

English

Etymology

syncopate +‎ -ion

Noun

syncopation (usually uncountable, plural syncopations)

(music) 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
(phonology) The loss of sounds in the middle of a word.

Derived terms

Related terms

syncope

Translations

rhythm quality

Finnish: synkopaatio
French: syncopation (fr) f
Hungarian: szinkópa (hu)
Japanese: シンコペーション (shinkopēshon)

Maori: taki aruaru
Portuguese: síncope (pt) f, sincopação f
Swedish: synkop (sv) c

phonology: loss of sounds

Finnish: synkopee

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