"elision" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪˈlɪʒ.(ə)n̩/, /ɪˈlɪz.j(ə)n̩/ Audio: en-us-elision.ogg Forms: elisions [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin elisionem, accusative singular of elisio. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|elisionem}} Latin elisionem Head templates: {{en-noun}} elision (plural elisions)
  1. The deliberate omission of something. Translations (deliberate omission): 省略 (shěnglüè) (Chinese Mandarin), weglating [feminine] (Dutch), sivuuttaminen (Finnish), pois jättäminen (Finnish), (bewusste) Auslassung [feminine] (German), (bewusste) Weglassung [feminine] (German), испу́штање (ispúštanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), упуще́ние (upuščénije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-elision-en-noun-en:omission_generally Disambiguation of 'deliberate omission': 81 19
  2. (linguistics) The omission of a letter or syllable between two words or inside a word; sometimes marked with an apostrophe. Categories (topical): Linguistics Translations (the omission of a letter or syllable): إِسْقَاط (ʔisqāṭ) [masculine] (Arabic), حَذْف (ḥaḏf) [masculine] (Arabic), səsdüşümü (Azerbaijani), 元音省略 (yuányīn shěnglüè) (Chinese Mandarin), 音節省略 /音节省略 (yīnjié shěnglüè) (Chinese Mandarin), elisie [feminine] (Dutch), elizio (Esperanto), elisio (Finnish), élision [feminine] (French), Elision [feminine] (German), έκθλιψη (ékthlipsi) [feminine] (Greek), brottfall [neuter] (Icelandic), エリジオン (erijion) (Japanese), ели́зија (elízija) [feminine] (Macedonian), elizja [feminine] (Polish), elisão [feminine] (Portuguese), эли́зия (elízija) [feminine] (Russian), bàthadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), elisión [feminine] (Spanish), elision (Swedish), елі́зія (elízija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-elision-en-noun-en:linguistics Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 25 75 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'the omission of a letter or syllable': 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: elide

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "səsdüşümü"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yuányīn shěnglüè",
      "sense": "the omission of a letter or syllable",
      "word": "元音省略"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yīnjié shěnglüè",
      "sense": "the omission of a letter or syllable",
      "word": "音節省略 /音节省略"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the omission of a letter or syllable",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "elisie"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "the omission of a letter or syllable",
      "word": "elizio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the omission of a letter or syllable",
      "word": "elisio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the omission of a letter or syllable",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "élision"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the omission of a letter or syllable",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Elision"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ékthlipsi",
      "sense": "the omission of a letter or syllable",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "έκθλιψη"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "the omission of a letter or syllable",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "brottfall"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "erijion",
      "sense": "the omission of a letter or syllable",
      "word": "エリジオン"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "elízija",
      "sense": "the omission of a letter or syllable",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ели́зија"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the omission of a letter or syllable",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "elizja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the omission of a letter or syllable",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "elisão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "elízija",
      "sense": "the omission of a letter or syllable",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "эли́зия"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "the omission of a letter or syllable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bàthadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the omission of a letter or syllable",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "elisión"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the omission of a letter or syllable",
      "word": "elision"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "elízija",
      "sense": "the omission of a letter or syllable",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "елі́зія"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "elision"
  ],
  "word": "elision"
}

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