haplology

English

Alternative forms

• haplogy (itself a haplology of haplology)

Etymology

haplo- +‎ -logy

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hæˈplɒləd͡ʒi/
• Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi

Noun

Examples
English idolater (from Latin idololatra) Pronunciation of library as /ˈlaɪ.bɹi/ (UK) as opposed to /ˈlaɪ.bɹə.ɹi/

haplology (countable and uncountable, plural haplologies)

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

Derived terms

• haplologic
• haplological
• haplologize

Translations

deleting syllables

• Catalan: haplologia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 疊音簡縮／叠音简缩

• Czech: haplologie f
• Dutch: haplologie (nl) f
• Finnish: tavuheitto, haplologia
• French: haplologie (fr) f
• Galician: haploloxía f
• German: Haplologie (de) f, Silbenschichtung (de) f
• Greek: απλολογία (el) f (aplología)
• Hungarian: egyszerejtés, haplológia
• Italian: aplologia (it) f
• Japanese: 重音脱落 (jūondatsuraku)
• Malay: haplologi (ms), susut bunyi
• Polish: haplologia (pl) f
• Portuguese: haplologia (pt) f
• Russian: гаплоло́гия (ru) f (gaplológija)
• Serbo-Croatian: haplologija (sh) f

instance of deleting a syllable

• Finnish: tavuheitto
• Greek: απλολογία (el) f (aplología)
• Serbo-Croatian: haplologija (sh) f

See also

• glossary entry on haplology

Further reading

• haplology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia