synalepha

Signification (Anglais)

1. (countable, uncountable) The suppression of a vowel at the end of word when it is followed by another word beginning with a vowel.
2. (countable, uncountable) The melding into a single syllable of two vowels from two different syllables.

Concepts

synalèphe

Traductions

sinalefe

sinalefa

Étymologie (Anglais)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek συναλοιφή (sunaloiphḗ, “a coalescing, confluence”) (< Ancient Greek συν- (sun-) + ἀλοιφή (aloiphḗ)).