elipsis

Concepts

ellipsis

ellipse

dots

eclipsis

jump cut

Synonyms

elipse

puntos suspensivos

Translations

Ellipse

el·lipsi

ellipse

ellissi

eksilti

elipse

points de suspension

doorlooppuntjes

ellipsi

Elipse

elips

ellips

Auslassung

Aussparung

Hyphenated as

e‧lip‧sis

Pronounced as (IPA)

/eˈlibsis/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin: ellīpsis

In summary

Borrowed from Latin ellīpsis, from Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis, “falling short, omission”), from ἐλλείπω (elleípō, “to fall short, to leave out”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + λείπω (leípō, “to leave”), from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ-. Doublet of elipse.