Standard Lemma guide
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noun
The suppression of a vowel at the end of word when it is followed by another word beginning with a vowel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, rhetoric, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, sciences
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noun
The melding into a single syllable of two vowels from two different syllables.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, rhetoric, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, sciences
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History
Borrowed from Ancient Greek συναλοιφή (sunaloiphḗ, “a coalescing, confluence”) (< Ancient Greek συν- (sun-) + ἀλοιφή (aloiphḗ)).
Across languages
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