Noun: ellips
Gender: Feminine
Hyphenation:
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like ellips
motiveering,
Duitse herdershond,
urilift,
vervolmaking,
elektrische spanning,
ovenfriet,
winteravond,
weervrouw,
besteding,
bloemenveiling,
vertakking,
tintinofiel,
synaps,
olieraffinaderij,
vliegtuigkaping,
sawaslang,
verzetting,
afrondfout,
druivenoogst,
wintermaand, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ellipsis, based on Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis, “omission”). Perhaps influenced by French ellipse. See: Latin Nouns '
ellipsis', Ancient Greek Nouns '
ἔλλειψις', French Nouns '
ellipse'.
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