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.

Concepten

beletselteken

ellips

weglating

doorlooppuntjes

weglatingsteken

uitlating

Synoniemen

eclipsis

ellipse

deletion

omission

suspension points

marks of omission

abbreviation

dot dot dot

apostrophe

dots

dotted line

jump cut

Vertalingen

elipsis

points de suspension

ellipse

reticências

puntos suspensivos

Ellipse

ellissi

Auslassungspunkte

üç nokta

elipse

el·lipsi

έλλειψη

punti di sospensione

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɪˈlɪpsɪs/

Etymologie (Engels)

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