syncopate

Etymology

From Medieval Latin syncopātus, past participle of syncopō, from Late Latin syncopa, from Ancient Greek σύν (sún, “with”) + κόπτω (kóptō, “cut”).

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Verb

syncopate (third-person singular simple present syncopates, present participle syncopating, simple past and past participle syncopated)

(transitive, linguistics, phonology) to omit a vocalic or consonantal sound or a syllable from a word; to use syncope
(transitive, music) to stress or accentuate the weak beat of a rhythm; to use syncopation

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Translations

linguistics: to use syncope

Finnish: synkopoida
French: syncoper (fr)
Irish: coimrigh, meánchoimrigh, ^{(please verify)} sioncóipigh
Maori: aruaru
Portuguese: sincopar (pt)
Spanish: sincopar (es)
Swedish: synkopera

music: to stress a weak beat

Bulgarian: синкопирам (sinkopiram)
Finnish: synkopoida
French: syncoper (fr)
Irish: ^{(please verify)} sioncóipigh
Maori: taki aruaru
Portuguese: sincopar (pt)
Russian: синкопировать (ru) (sinkopirovatʹ)
Spanish: sincopar (es)
Swedish: synkopera