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apheses

/ˈæf.ə.siːz/

apheses is the plural of aphesis.

Meaning of aphesis

Noun

aphesis (countable and uncountable, plural apheses)

  1. (rhetoric) The loss of the initial unstressed vowel of a word.
    • The word "scarp" is derived from "escarp" by aphesis.

Questions about apheses

What is apheses the plural of?
Apheses is the plural of aphesis.
How do you pronounce apheses?
Apheses is pronounced /ˈæf.ə.siːz/.

Words near apheses in the dictionary

  1. apheresed
  2. aphereses
  3. apheresis
  4. apheresized
  5. apheretic
  6. apheses
  7. aphesis
  8. apheta
  9. aphetas
  10. aphetic
  11. aphetically

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