"synalepha" meaning in English

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        "The melding into a single syllable of two vowels from two different syllables."
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "melding of separate vowels into a single syllable",
          "word": "synalefa"
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          "sense": "melding of separate vowels into a single syllable",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "synalèphe"
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          "sense": "melding of separate vowels into a single syllable",
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          "word": "sinalefe"
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          "sense": "melding of separate vowels into a single syllable",
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          "word": "sinalèfa"
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          "word": "sinalefa"
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      "word": "synalœpha"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "synaloepha"
    }
  ],
  "word": "synalepha"
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