synalepha
English
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Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek συναλοιφή (sunaloiphḗ, “a coalescing, confluence”).
Noun
synalepha (countable and uncountable, plural synalephas)
- The suppression of a vowel at the end of word when it is followed by another word beginning with a vowel.
- The melding into a single syllable of two vowels from two different syllables.
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Further reading
- “synalepha”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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