ellipsis

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (countable, uncountable) A mark consisting of multiple full stops (with or without spaces), used to indicate omitted, missing, or illegible words; or (in mathematics) that a pattern continues.
2. (countable, rhetoric, uncountable) The omission of a word or phrase that can be inferred from the context.
3. (countable, uncountable) The omission of scenes in a film that do not advance the plot.
4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) An ellipse.

Sinonieme

eclipsis

ellipse

deletion

omission

suspension points

marks of omission

abbreviation

dot dot dot

apostrophe

dots

dotted line

jump cut

Vertalings

elipsis

points de suspension

ellipse

reticências

puntos suspensivos

Ellipse

ellissi

beletselteken

Auslassungspunkte

ellips

üç nokta

el·lipsi

elipse

έλλειψη

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɪˈlɪpsɪs/

Etimologie (Engels)

Unadapted borrowing from Latin ellīpsis, from Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis, “omission”). Doublet of ellipse.