ellipsis
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USAGE NOTE
The plural of "ellipsis" is "ellipses."
ellipsis(
ih
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lihp
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sihs
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. los puntos suspensivos (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
My phone shows an ellipsis when someone is typing a text message to me.Mi teléfono muestra puntos suspensivos cuando alguien está escribiéndome un mensaje de texto.
2. (omission)
a. la elipsis (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The speech writer utilizes rhetorical devices like metaphor and ellipsis in his speeches.El escritor de discursos utiliza recursos retóricos como la metáfora y la elipsis en sus discursos.
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