haplology

English

Alternative forms

haplogy (itself a haplology of haplology)

Etymology

haplo- +‎ -logy

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hæˈplɒləd͡ʒi/
Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi

Noun

Examples
English idolater (from Latin idololatra) Pronunciation of library as /ˈlaɪ.bɹi/ (UK) as opposed to /ˈlaɪ.bɹə.ɹi/

haplology (countable and uncountable, plural haplologies)

(phonology, uncountable) The process of deleting one of two almost identical syllables within a word.
(phonology, countable) An instance of deleting one of two almost identical syllables within a word.

Derived terms

Translations

deleting syllables

Catalan: haplologia (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 疊音簡縮／叠音简缩
Czech: haplologie f
Dutch: haplologie (nl) f
Finnish: tavuheitto, haplologia
French: haplologie (fr) f
Galician: haploloxía f
German: Haplologie (de) f, Silbenschichtung (de) f
Greek: απλολογία (el) f (aplología)
Hungarian: egyszerejtés, haplológia
Italian: aplologia (it) f
Japanese: 重音脱落 (jūondatsuraku)
Malay: haplologi (ms), susut bunyi
Polish: haplologia (pl) f
Portuguese: haplologia (pt) f
Russian: гаплоло́гия (ru) f (gaplológija)
Serbo-Croatian: haplologija (sh) f

instance of deleting a syllable

Finnish: tavuheitto
Greek: απλολογία (el) f (aplología)
Serbo-Croatian: haplologija (sh) f

See also

glossary entry on haplology

Further reading

haplology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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