Link Centre Dictionary

syncopation

syn·co·pa·tion

UK/ˌsɪŋ.kəˈpeɪ.ʃən/ US/ˈsɪŋkʌˌpeɪʃʌn/ uncommon

noun

1.

(phonology) the loss of sounds in the interior of a word (as in `fo''c''sle'' for `forecastle'')

Synonyms
2.
3.

music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm

Origin

From syncopate + -ion. The phonological sense was first attested in English in the 1530's, the musical sense in the 1590's.

Related words

Word family

Broader terms

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.