syncope
French, noun
syncope is spelled S-Y-N-C-O-P-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 40,661st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Syncope is a French feminine noun meaning “syncope, fainting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, syncopé is a different word: “past participle of syncoper”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Perte de connaissance brève et brutale liée à une diminution brusque du débit sanguin cérébral”.
What does syncope mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesyncope, fainting
- 2
femininesyncope
- 3
femininesyncope
verb
- 1
past participle of syncoper
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Perte de connaissance brève et brutale liée à une diminution brusque du débit sanguin cérébral. 2. Malaise. 3. Période d’absence d’activité. 4. Métaplasme consistant en la disparition d’un ou plusieurs phonèmes au sein d’un même mot.
adjective: 1. Victime d'une syncope. 2. Où il y a une syncope. 3. Qui fait une syncope. 4. Irrégulier.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of syncope
- syncopes plural
- syncopée feminine
- syncopés masculine plural
- syncopées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to syncope
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is syncope in French?
syncope appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).