ellipsis

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

eclipsis

ellipse

deletion

omission

suspension points

marks of omission

abbreviation

dot dot dot

apostrophe

dots

dotted line

jump cut

Translations

elipsis

points de suspension

ellipse

puntos suspensivos

Ellipse

beletselteken

ellips

weglating

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪˈlɪpsɪs/

Etymology

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