syncopate
/ˈsɪŋkəˌpeɪt/SING-kuh-payt
/ˈsɪŋkəˌpeɪt/SING-kuh-payt
Meaningto cut short
Common meaning: to shift the beat off the normal stress
- syntogether, at once
- copto strike; to cut offLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 831 · scan
- ateverb or adjective ending: to make, having
‘together, at once’ + ‘to strike’ → syncopate
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Greek κόπτω ‘to strike; to cut off’.
Roots
- κόπτω Greek “to strike; to cut off”
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