Word: syncopation
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: syn
co
pa
tion
Definition: The quality of a rhythm being somehow unexpected, in that it deviates from the strict succession of regularly spaced strong and weak beats in a meter.
Morphemes:
Affix: syncopate
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: to stress or accentuate the weak beat of a rhythm; to use syncopation
Etymology Compounds: Affix: σύν
Language: grc
Decoded: sun
Meaning: with
Affix: κόπτω
Language: grc
Decoded: kopto
Meaning: cut
Affix: -ion
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: an action or process, or the result of an action or process
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -iō
Language: la
Decoded: -io
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form abstract nouns from verbs.