"synalepha" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: synalephas [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek συναλοιφή (sunaloiphḗ, “a coalescing, confluence”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|συναλοιφή||a coalescing, confluence}} Ancient Greek συναλοιφή (sunaloiphḗ, “a coalescing, confluence”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} synalepha (countable and uncountable, plural synalephas)
  1. The suppression of a vowel at the end of word when it is followed by another word beginning with a vowel. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-synalepha-en-noun-PGCvPt-E Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26
  2. The melding into a single syllable of two vowels from two different syllables. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (melding of separate vowels into a single syllable): synalefa (Finnish), synalèphe [feminine] (French), sinalefe [feminine] (Italian), sinalèfa [feminine] (Occitan), sinalefa [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-synalepha-en-noun-Lq6Ywc-y Disambiguation of 'melding of separate vowels into a single syllable': 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: synalœpha, synaloepha

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