"Synalepha" is a word in ENGLISH
A contraction of syllables by suppressing some vowel or
diphthong at the end of a word, before another vowel or diphthong; as,
th' army, for the army.
I can speak of our baby like this to no one else. Who but his father would linger over the exact width of his gummy little smile or the blueness of his eyes, or the sweetness of his little lick of tawny hair on his forehead?
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A contraction of two vowels (as the final and initial vowels of united words) into one long vowel, or into …
Read the complete definitionA coalition or union of two vowel sounds pronounced in one syllable; as, ou in out, oi in noise; -- …
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Read the complete definitionTo change into a diphthong, as by affixing another vowel to a simple vowel.
Read the complete definitionA transitional sound in speech which is produced by the changing of the mouth organs from one definite position to …
Read the complete definitionOf or relating to tones or sounds; specifically (Phon.), applied to, or distingshing, a speech sound made with tone unmixed …
Read the complete definitionA tonic element or letter; a vowel or a diphthong.
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Read the complete definitiona. & n. from Vie. W () the twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, is usually a consonant, but sometimes …
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