ellipsis

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin ellīpsis, from Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis, “omission”). Doublet of ellipse. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪˈlɪp.sɪs/ Hyphenation: el‧lip‧sis === Noun === ellipsis (countable and uncountable, plural ellipses) (typography, mathematics) A mark consisting of multiple full stops (with or without spaces), used to indicate omitted, missing, or illegible words; or (in mathematics) that a pattern continues. Synonyms: (colloquial) dot dot dot, suspension dots, suspension points (grammar, linguistics, rhetoric) The omission of a word or phrase that can be inferred from the context. (film) The omission of scenes in a film that do not advance the plot. (obsolete, geometry) An ellipse. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === eclipsis ecthlipsis Punctuation === Further reading === “ellipsis”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “ellipsis”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis, “omission”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛlˈliːp.sɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [elˈlip.sis] === Noun === ellīpsis f (genitive ellīpsis); third declension ellipsis ellipse ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem). ==== Descendants ==== === References === “ellipsis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “ellipsis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Occitan == === Noun === ellipsis plural of ellipsi