Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

haplologize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hap-lol-o-gize
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To undergo haplology.

Intransitive verb

verb

To shorten by haplology.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"In neither instance is more than one possessive s manifested (*McMug's's); the predicted two suffixes ''haplologize to a single instance of s."
"De Lacy admits that "[coalescence] does not make any prediction about the preservation of features when two affixes haplologize.""
"A number of IE languages show a tendency to haplologize sequences of the type *-sVs- to *-s-,"
"For example, if the word haplology were to undergo haplology (were to be haplologized), it would reduce the sequence lolo to lo, haplology > haplogy."

Etymology

From haplology + -ize.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: haplology

Usage

Inflected Forms

haplologizes (present, singular) haplologizing (participle, present) haplologized (participle, past) haplologized (past)

Questions

What does haplologize mean?: To undergo haplology.
Where does haplologize come from?: From haplology + -ize.

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