synalepha

Meaning

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.

Translations

synalèphe

sinalefe

sinalefa

Etymology

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