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Meaning of "syllepses" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SYLLEPSES

syllepses  [sɪˈlɛpsiːz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SYLLEPSES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Syllepses is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SYLLEPSES


analyses
əˈnælɪsiːz
bases
ˈbeɪsiːz
caryopses
ˌkærɪˈɒpsiːz
classes
ˈklæsiːz
dieses
ˈdaɪəsiːz
ellipses
ɪˈlɪpsiːz
indices
ˈɪndɪˌsiːz
metalepses
ˌmetəˈlepsiːz
omphaloskepses
ˌɒmfələʊˈskepsiːz
overseas
ˌəʊvəˈsiːz
paraleipses
ˌpærəˈlaɪpsiːz
paralipses
ˌpærəˈlɪpsiːz
procrypses
prəʊˈkrɪpsiːz
prolepses
prəʊˈlɛpsiːz
seas
siːz
stereopses
ˌsterɪˈɒpsiːz
synapses
sɪˈnæpsiːz
synopses
sɪˈnɒpsiːz
xerotripses
ˌzɪərəʊˈtrɪpsiːz
zoothapses
ˌzəʊəˈθæpsiːz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SYLLEPSES

syllabifies
syllabify
syllabism
syllabize
syllable
syllabogram
syllabography
syllabub
syllabus
Syllabus of Errors
syllepsis
sylleptic
sylleptical
sylleptically
syllogisation
syllogise
syllogiser
syllogism
syllogist
syllogistic

WORDS THAT END LIKE SYLLEPSES

a bed of roses
at cross-purposes
corylopses
courses
crises
ecthlipses
exercises
expenses
glasses
horses
losses
masses
metamorphoses
Moses
premises
senses
sunglasses
the masses
theses
to all intents and purposes

Synonyms and antonyms of syllepses in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «syllepses» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SYLLEPSES

Find out the translation of syllepses to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of syllepses from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «syllepses» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

syllepses
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

syllepses
570 millions of speakers

English

syllepses
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

syllepses
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

syllepses
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

syllepses
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

syllepses
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

syllepses
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

syllepses
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Syllepses
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

syllepses
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

syllepses
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

syllepses
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Syllepses
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

syllepses
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

syllepses
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सिलेप्प्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

syllepses
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

syllepses
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

syllepses
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

syllepses
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

syllepses
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

syllepses
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

syllepses
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

syllepses
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

syllepses
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of syllepses

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SYLLEPSES»

The term «syllepses» is barely ever used and occupies the 205.390 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of syllepses
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SYLLEPSES» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «syllepses» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «syllepses» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about syllepses

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SYLLEPSES»

Discover the use of syllepses in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to syllepses and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Encyclopedia of Rhetoric and Composition: Communication from ...
The syllepsis is often formed out of a zeugma (q.v.): Sallust's phrase "Waging war and peace," like Puttenham's "My Ladie laughs for joy, and I for wo," are at once zeugmas and syllepses. La Rochfoucauld's insight that "Nei-ther the sun nor ...
Theresa Enos, 2013
2
Unspeakable Subjects: The Genealogy of the Event in Early ...
Finally, Part II of Don Quixote, in which the Knight and Squire meet (or seek to avoid) their own character doubles, then carries these syllepses out at the level of the plot, perhaps as a way of establishing legally the cultural difference between  ...
Jacques Lezra, 1997
3
Figures of Speech: 60 Ways To Turn A Phrase
Others prefer to keep the general term zeugma for ellipses of verbs, and call the others syllepses. This confusion has persisted through the centuries because most syllepses are zeugmas, while the most striking zeugmas are syllepses.
Arthur Quinn, 2012
4
Postmodern Picturebooks: Play, Parody, and Self-Referentiality
Interestingly enough, Nordqvist anticipated his use of syllepses in the Festus and Mercury books in his illustrations to Hans Christian Andersen's tale What the Old Man Does is Always Right (1982), in which the original story is mirrored in a ...
Lawrence R. Sipe, Sylvia Pantaleo, 2010
5
The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English ...
There are, though, subtle syllepses. 'Make love not war' is a syllepsis, just one that's barely noticeable. Itgives the phrase its spice, butyou wouldn't be able to pickout theflavour without agoodlong chew.The same goes in a sensefor 'Teaand  ...
Mark Forsyth, 2013
6
How Picturebooks Work
Most episodes in The Red Thread are achronical, even though a potential narrative line in the book is ironically implied. Syllepses A syllepsis is an anachronical narrative connected to the primary narrative by any other relation than temporal, ...
Maria Nikolajeva, Carole Scott, 2006
7
Reflexivity in Film and Literature: From Don Quixote to ...
85, Narrative Discourse) syllepses as follows: Having christened the anachronies by retrospection and anticipation analepses and prolepses, we would give the name syllepses (the fact of taking together) — temporal it other — to those ...
Robert Stam, 1992
8
Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things: A Routledge Study Guide
on pourrait nommer syllepses (le fait de prendre ensemble) temporelles ces groupements anachroniques commandés par telle ou telle parenté, spatiale, théma- tique ou autre», Figures III (121) ['. . . these anachronistic groupings ordered by a ...
Alex Tickell, 2007
9
Now I Know Only So Far: Essays in Ethnopoetics
of two intermediaries, sustained metaphors, "as an imagistically motivated consecution," or phonetically motivated syllepses (words with two possible meanings) (199o:xvii). Let me identify this understanding as (2b). Whether or not such ...
Dell H. Hymes, 2003
10
Charlie Chaplin: his reflection in Modern times
Même chose chez Charlot, victime ("poulet" dans la Ruée vers l'or) ou autovictime (dans le Cirque, quand il mange lui-même une pastille pour chevaux ) de cette bestialisation. 3.2. Syllepses qui concernent le personnage comique lui -même.
Adolphe Nysenholc, 1991

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SYLLEPSES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term syllepses is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Les règles du jeu, ou comment peut‑on lire Jarry ?
... moyens décrypter une œuvre aussi ardue que ce roman de l'ancienne Rome ou appréhender les syllepses de La Dragonne, grand projet inachevé de Jarry. «Fabula, Jun 15»
2
Des mots savants contre l'illettrisme
Quant aux apocopes et aux syllepses s'ils restent des éléments de notre rhétorique et fournissent des armes à tous les grammairiens, pour tout un chacun, qui ... «ladepeche.fr, Mar 15»
3
Pourquoi une grève enseignante mardi 3 février ?
En comparant le nombre annuel de journées de grève des enseignants, l'auteur de La Grève enseignante en quête d'efficacité (Syllepses, 2013) a pointé une ... «Le Monde, Feb 15»
4
Citoyenneté et formes de violence. La violence de genre en …
7 Christine Delphy, L'ennemi principal - 2 « Penser le genre », Syllepse, 2001, p. 192-193. ... La violence masculine occultée, Paris, Syllepses, 2006. «Revues.org, Jan 15»
5
Desproges détestait la langue de beauf
Ethos (1), anaphore, antanaclase, ironie socratique, néologisme, syllepses, zeugmes, toutes les figures de la rhétorique ou presque y passent pour brosser le ... «La Montagne, Nov 14»
6
Quand l'Ecole normale supérieure s'intéresse à Pierre Desproges
Amusé de voir des universitaires disséquer doctement «l'ethos desprogien», y prélever sous abri des «syllepses homophoniques», des «énoncés doxiques», ... «Le Nouvel Observateur, Jun 14»
7
Quelques idées en question
Syllepses en vrac. tournesol.jpg. Faut-il creuser une idée qui tombe à plat ? Comment tourner en rond avec des idées fixes ? Faut-il se retourner quand on a ... «AgoraVox, Feb 14»
8
Autour des formes implicites
Face à la multiplicité des concepts associés – les actes de langage indirects, les présupposés, les syllepses, les métaphores, les euphémismes, l'ironie, etc. «Fabula, Jan 14»
9
Retour sur le mouvement noir aux USA
Deux livres passionnants parus récemment aux éditions Syllepses lui sont également consacrés.1. Le film raconte l'histoire d'une jeune professeure de ... «NPA, May 13»
10
Blas de Otero Muñoz, Hojas de Madrid con La galerna
Les paronomases, métalepses, syllepses font toujours partie de l'arsenal otérien, ces jeux sur le langage qui révèlent la complexité de la réalité et celle des ... «Revues.org, Feb 13»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Syllepses [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/syllepses>. Apr 2024 ».
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