síncope

Meaning

1. (feminine) syncope (loss of consciousness)
2. (feminine) syncopation (off-beat placement of rhythmic stresses or accents)
3. (feminine) syncope (loss of sounds in the middle of a word)

Concepts

syncope

syncopation

fainting

swoon

fainting fit

apsychia

black out

swound

faint

Synonyms

desmai

Translations

syncope

syncope

síncope

síncopa

sincope

Synkope

síncope

deliquio

Ohnmacht

desmayo

évanouissement

desmaio

svenimento

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈsiŋ.ku.pə]

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin syncope, from Ancient Greek συγκοπή (sunkopḗ).