elision

See also: élision

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin elisionem, accusative singular of elisio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈlɪ.ʒ(ə)n̩/, /ɪˈlɪ.zj(ə)n̩/

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Noun

elision (plural elisions)

1. The deliberate omission of something.
2. (linguistics) The omission of a letter or syllable between two words; sometimes marked with an apostrophe.

Related terms

• elide

Translations

deliberate omission

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 省略 (zh) (shěnglüè)

• Dutch: weglating (nl) f

• Finnish: sivuuttaminen (fi), pois jättäminen
• German: (bewusste) Auslassung f, (bewusste) Weglassung f
• Russian: упуще́ние (ru) n (upuščénije)

the omission of a letter or syllable

• Arabic: إِسْقَاط‎ m (ʾisqāṭ), حَذْف‎ m (ḥaḏf)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 元音省略 (yuányīn shěnglüè), 音節省略, 音节省略 (yīnjié shěnglüè)

• Dutch: elisie (nl) f
• Esperanto: elizio
• Finnish: elisio (fi)
• French: élision (fr) f
• German: Elision (de) f
• Greek: έκθλιψη (el) f (ékthlipsi)

• Icelandic: brottfall (is) n
• Japanese: エリジオン (erijion)
• Polish: elizja (pl) f
• Portuguese: elisão (pt) f
• Russian: эли́зия (ru) f (elízija)
• Scottish Gaelic: bàthadh m
• Swedish: elision (sv)
• Ukrainian: елі́зія f (elízija)

See also

• apocope
• syncope

References

• Webster, Noah (1828), “elision”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language

Anagrams

• isoline, lionise

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Finnish

Noun

elision

1. Genitive singular form of elisio.

Anagrams

• iloisen