elipsis
Spanish
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eˈlibsis/ [eˈliβ̞.sis]
- Rhymes: -ibsis
- Syllabification: e‧lip‧sis
Noun
elipsis f (plural elipsis)
- (grammar, rhetoric) ellipsis
Related terms
- elipse
Further reading
- “elipsis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014