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1 syncope
syncope [sɛ̃kɔp]feminine noun( = évanouissement) blackout* * *sɛ̃kɔp1) fainting fit2) Musique syncopation* * *sɛ̃kɔp nf1) MÉDECINE blackouttomber en syncope — to faint, to pass out
2) MUSIQUE syncopation* * *syncope nf2 Ling syncope;3 Mus syncopation.[sɛ̃kɔp] nom féminintomber en syncope, avoir une syncope to faint -
2 syncopé
syncope [sɛ̃kɔp]feminine noun( = évanouissement) blackout* * *sɛ̃kɔp1) fainting fit2) Musique syncopation* * *sɛ̃kɔp nf1) MÉDECINE blackouttomber en syncope — to faint, to pass out
2) MUSIQUE syncopation* * *syncope nf2 Ling syncope;3 Mus syncopation. -
3 contretemps
contretemps [kɔ̃tʀətɑ̃]masculine nouna. ( = complication, retard) hitch* * *kɔ̃tʀətɑ̃nom masculin invariable1) ( difficulté) setback, contretemps sout2) Musique syncopationà contretemps — lit [jouer] gén on the off-beat; ( par erreur) out of time; fig [agir, parler, intervenir] at the wrong moment
* * *kɔ̃tʀətɑ̃ nmDésolé d'être en retard: j'ai eu un contretemps. — Sorry I'm late: I was held up.
à contretemps MUSIQUE — out of time, figat an inopportune moment
* * *contretemps nm inv1 ( difficulté) setback, contretemps sout;2 Mus syncopation; à contretemps lit [jouer] gén on the off-beat; ( par erreur) out of time; fig [agir, parler, intervenir] at the wrong moment.[kɔ̃trətɑ̃] nom masculinà moins d'un contretemps unless there's a hitch, unless something unexpected crops up————————à contretemps locution adverbiale1. [inopportunément] at the wrong time ou moment -
4 syncope
blackout, syncopation
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Syncopation — Syn co*pa tion, n. 1. (Gram.) The act of syncopating; the contraction of a word by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; syncope. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mus.) The act of syncopating; a peculiar figure of rhythm, or rhythmical… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
syncopation — 1530s, contraction of a word by omission of middle sounds, from M.L. syncopationem (nom. syncopatio) a shortening or contraction, from syncopare to shorten, also to faint away, to swoon, from L.L. syncope (see SYNCOPE (Cf. syncope)). Musical… … Etymology dictionary
syncopation — [siŋ΄kə pā′shən, sin΄kə pā′shən] n. 1. a syncopating or being syncopated 2. syncopated music, a syncopated rhythm, etc. 3. Gram. SYNCOPE … English World dictionary
Syncopation — In music, syncopation includes a variety of rhythms which are in some way unexpected in that they deviate from the strict succession of regularly spaced strong and weak beats in a meter (pulse). These include a stress on a normally unstressed… … Wikipedia
syncopation — /sing keuh pay sheuhn, sin /, n. 1. Music. a shifting of the normal accent, usually by stressing the normally unaccented beats. 2. something, as a rhythm or a passage of music, that is syncopated. 3. Also called counterpoint, counterpoint rhythm … Universalium
syncopation — [[t]sɪ̱ŋkəpe͟ɪʃ(ə)n[/t]] syncopations N VAR Syncopation is the quality that music has when the weak beats in a bar are stressed instead of the strong ones. There was some nice syncopation and it had a good swing to it... It was jazz music he… … English dictionary
syncopation — UK [ˌsɪŋkəˈpeɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms syncopation : singular syncopation plural syncopations music a type of musical rhythm in which the weak beats are emphasized instead of the strong beats … English dictionary
syncopation — syncopate ► VERB (usu. as adj. syncopated) ▪ (of music or a rhythm) having the beats or accents displaced so that strong beats become weak and vice versa. DERIVATIVES syncopation noun. ORIGIN from SYNCOPE(Cf. ↑syncope) … English terms dictionary
Syncopation (disambiguation) — Syncopation may have the following meanings. *Syncopation, in music, the stressing of a normally unstressed beat in a bar or the failure to sound a tone on an accented beat. *Syncopation (dance), a specific usage of the term in dance. *… … Wikipedia
Syncopation (dance) — The terms syncopation and syncopated step in dancing are used in two senses: #The first one matches the musical one: stepping on (or otherwise emphasizing) an unstressed beat. For example, ballroom Cha cha is a syncopated dance in this sense,… … Wikipedia
syncopation — noun Date: 1597 1. a temporary displacement of the regular metrical accent in music caused typically by stressing the weak beat 2. a syncopated rhythm, passage, or dance step • syncopative adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary