Borrowed fromLatinellipsis, based onAncient Greekἔλλειψις(élleipsis,“omission”). Perhaps influenced byFrenchellipse.
ellips f (pluralellipsen,diminutiveellipsje n)
Used in Swedish since 1690, cognate withGermanEllipse,Englishellipsis andellipse, andFrenchellipse; from Latinellipsis, based onAncient Greekἔλλειψις(élleipsis,“omission”)
ellips c
nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | ellips | ellips |
definite | ellipsen | ellipsens | |
plural | indefinite | ellipser | ellipsers |
definite | ellipserna | ellipsernas |