Dictionary

haplology en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /hæˈplɒləd͡ʒi/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- Proto-Hellenic *hə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̔- (hă-) Ancient Greek -πλόος (-plóos) Ancient Greek ᾰ̔πλόος (hăplóos)der. English haplo- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos Proto-Hellenic *lógos Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English haplology From haplo- + -logy.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The process of deleting one of two almost identical syllables within a word.
2. (broadly, countable) An instance of said process.

Forms

Deriveds

haplologic · haplologize · haplological

Hypernyms

syncope · syncope

Relateds

glossary entry on haplology

Translations (26)

fi haplologia (deleting syllables) · de Silbenschichtung (deleting syllables) · fi tavuheitto (deleting syllables) · it aplologia (deleting syllables) · cs haplologie (deleting syllables) · ms susut bunyi (deleting syllables) · cmn 疊音簡縮 /叠音简缩 (deleting syllables) · hu haplológia (deleting syllables) · fr haplologie (deleting syllables) · pl haplologia (deleting syllables) · gl haploloxía (deleting syllables) · ca haplologia (deleting syllables) · de Haplologie (deleting syllables) · el απλολογία (deleting syllables) · sh haplologija (deleting syllables) · ja 重音脱落 (deleting syllables) · el απλολογία (instance of deleting a syllable) · hu egyszerejtés (deleting syllables) · sh haplologija (instance of deleting a syllable) · ms haplologi (deleting syllables) · ru гаплоло́гия (deleting syllables) · es haplología (instance of deleting a syllable) · es haplología (deleting syllables) · fi tavuheitto (instance of deleting a syllable) · nl haplologie (deleting syllables) · pt haplologia (deleting syllables)