elipsis
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin ellīpsis, from Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis, “falling short, omission”), from ἐλλείπω (elleípō, “I fall short, leave out”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + λείπω (leípō, “I leave”), from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eˈlibsis/, [eˈliβsis]
Related terms
Further reading
- “elipsis” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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