syncope

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(countable, uncountable) The elision or loss of a sound from the interior of a word, especially of a vowel sound with loss of a syllable.
(countable, uncountable) A loss of consciousness when fainting.
(countable, uncountable) A missed beat or off-beat stress in music resulting in syncopation.

Opposite of

epenthesis

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɪŋ.kə.pi/

Learned borrowing from Late Latin syncopē, from Ancient Greek συγκοπή (sunkopḗ), from συγκόπτω (sunkóptō, “cut up”) + -η (-ē, nominalization suffix), from σύν (sún, “beside, with”) + κόπτω (kóptō, “strike, cut off”).