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synalepha

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
synale-pha
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The suppression of a vowel at the end of word when it is followed by another word beginning with a vowel.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The melding into a single syllable of two vowels from two different syllables.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek συναλοιφή (sunaloiphḗ, “a coalescing, confluence”) (< Ancient Greek συν- (sun-) + ἀλοιφή (aloiphḗ)).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: συναλοιφή

Usage

Inflected Forms

synalephas (plural) synalœpha (alternative) synaloepha (alternative)

Questions

What does synalepha mean?
The suppression of a vowel at the end of word when it is followed by another word beginning with a vowel.
Where does synalepha come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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