different between ellipsis vs elide

English

Etymology

From Latin ellipsis, from Ancient Greek ???????? (élleipsis, “omission”). Doublet of ellipse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l?ps?s/

Noun

ellipsis (countable and uncountable, plural ellipses)

1. (typography) A mark consisting of (in English) three periods, historically or more formally with spaces in between, before, and after them “ . . . ”, or more recently a single character “…” Ellipses are used to indicate that words have been omitted in a text or that they are missing or illegible.

   Synonyms: (colloquial) dot dot dot, suspension dots, suspension points

   • 2006, Danielle Corsetto, Girls with Slingshots: 114

     CARD: Hey Baby. Thanks for the … last night. Love you!

     HAZEL: Wow. I’ve never despised an ellipsis so much in my life.

3. (grammar, rhetoric) The omission of a word or phrase that can be inferred from the context.
4. (film) The omission of scenes in a film that do not advance the plot.
   • 2002, David Blanke, The 1910s: 219

     It was now possible for writers and directors to cut scenes that did not further the plot; called "ellipses" by filmmakers.

5. (obsolete, geometry) An ellipse.

Translations

See also

Punctuation

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (élleipsis, “omission”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /el?li?p.sis/, [?l??l?i?ps??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /el?lip.sis/, [?l?lipsis]

Noun

ell?psis f (genitive ell?psis); third declension

1. ellipsis
2. ellipse
   • 1644, René Descartes, Principia philosophiae

     Unde sequitur ambitum ABCD non esse circulum perfectum, sed magis ad ellipsis figuram accedere

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

English

Etymology

From Latin ?l?d? (“I strike out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??la?d/
• Rhymes: -a?d

Verb

elide (third-person singular simple present elides, present participle eliding, simple past and past participle elided)

1. To leave out or omit (something).
2. To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable.
3. To conflate; to smear together; to blur the distinction between.

Usage notes

The third sense, “conflate”, seems to be a recent development. It is not recognized by dictionaries such as Merriam-Webster and can be considered to be incorrect.

Related terms

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “elide”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• edile, idele

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ide

Verb

elide

1. third-person singular present indicative of elidere

Anagrams

• edile

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /e??li?.de/, [e??li?d??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e?li.de/, [??li?d??]

Verb

?l?de

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ?l?d?

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e?lide/, [e?li.ð?e]

Verb

elide

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of elidir.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of elidir.
3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of elidir.