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syncopation

/ˌsɪŋ.kəˈpeɪ.ʃən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.06 in modern English

Syllables
syn-co-pa-tion
IPA
/ˌsɪŋ.kəˈpeɪ.ʃən/
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

noun

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.

Uncountable

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

syncopations (plural)

Derived Forms

syncopational syncopationally

Frequently Paired Words

syncope

Synonyms

syncope

Questions

How do you pronounce syncopation?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌsɪŋ.kəˈpeɪ.ʃən/.
What does syncopation mean?
The contraction of a word by means of loss or omission of sounds or syllables in the middle thereof.
Where does syncopation come from?
From syncopate + -ion. The phonological sense was first attested in English in the 1530's, the musical sense in the 1590's.

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