synalepha

British

/ ˌsɪnəˈliːfə /

noun

linguistics vowel elision, esp as it arises when one word ends in a vowel and the following word begins with one

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Etymology

Origin of synalepha

C16: from Late Latin synaloepha, from Greek sunaliphē, from _syn- + aleiphein to melt, smear

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