"ecthlipsis" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: ecthlipses [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔκθλιψις (ékthlipsis, “a squeezing out”), from ἐκθλίβω (ekthlíbō, “to squeeze out”), from θλίβω (thlíbō, “to squeeze; to compress”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|ἔκθλιψις|t=a squeezing out}} Ancient Greek ἔκθλιψις (ékthlipsis, “a squeezing out”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|ecthlipses}} ecthlipsis (countable and uncountable, plural ecthlipses)
  1. (phonology) The dropping out or suppression of a consonant from a word, with or without a vowel. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-ecthlipsis-en-noun-1Y3ox05A Categories (other): Phonology, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, sciences
  2. (phonology, classics) In Latin, the elision of a final /m/, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-ecthlipsis-en-noun-v5IXKgnv Categories (other): Phonology Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: eclipsis, ellipsis

Inflected forms

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