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elision en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /ɪˈlɪz.j(ə)n̩/
  • /ɪˈlɪʒ.(ə)n̩/

Etymology

From Latin ēlīsiō (“striking out, forcing out”) (whence -ion (“noun suffix denoting action, result, process, state, condition”)), from ēlīsus (“knocked out, forced out”), past participle of ēlīdō (“to knock, dash or strike out”) (whence elide), from ex- (“out, away”) + laedō (“to strike, collide, hurt”) (whence e- (“assimilated form of ex-”)).

Meanings

  1. The deliberate omission of something.
  2. The omission of a letter or syllable between two words or inside a word; sometimes marked with an apostrophe.
    • See also: contraction, apheresis, apocope, syncope

Forms

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Relateds

allision · collision · collide · allide · elide · lesion

Translations (32)

pt elisão (the omission of a letter or syllable) · de Elision (the omission of a letter or syllable) · el έκθλιψη (the omission of a letter or syllable) · nl weglating (deliberate omission) · cmn 省略 (deliberate omission) · eo elizio (the omission of a letter or syllable) · cmn 吞音 (the omission of a letter or syllable) · az səsdüşümü (the omission of a letter or syllable) · is brottfall (the omission of a letter or syllable) · fr élision (the omission of a letter or syllable) · mk ели́зија (the omission of a letter or syllable) · ar حَذْف (the omission of a letter or syllable) · ru эли́зия (the omission of a letter or syllable) · es elisión (the omission of a letter or syllable) · nl elisie (the omission of a letter or syllable) · uk елі́зія (the omission of a letter or syllable) · mk испу́штање (deliberate omission) · ar إِسْقَاط (the omission of a letter or syllable) · sq elizion (the omission of a letter or syllable) · pl elizja (the omission of a letter or syllable) · cmn 音節省略 /音节省略 (the omission of a letter or syllable) · fi pois jättäminen (deliberate omission) · ja エリジオン (the omission of a letter or syllable) · cmn 元音省略 (the omission of a letter or syllable) · de (bewusste) Weglassung (deliberate omission) · fi elisio (the omission of a letter or syllable) · de (bewusste) Auslassung (deliberate omission) · sv elision (the omission of a letter or syllable) · cy seingoll (the omission of a letter or syllable) · gd bàthadh (the omission of a letter or syllable) · fi sivuuttaminen (deliberate omission) · ru упуще́ние (deliberate omission)