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ecthlipsis

Syllables: ec·thlip·sisUK/ɛkθˈlɪp.sɪs/

ecthlipsis noun: the dropping out or suppression of a consonant from a word, with or without a vowel.

Noun

ecthlipsis (countable and uncountable, plural ecthlipses)

  1. (rhetoric) The dropping out or suppression of a consonant from a word, with or without a vowel.
    1. (rhetoric) In Latin, the elision of a final /m/, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel.

Forms of ecthlipsis

pluralecthlipses

Origin of ecthlipsis

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἔκθλιψις (ékthlipsis).

Questions about ecthlipsis

What does ecthlipsis mean?
Ecthlipsis means the dropping out or suppression of a consonant from a word, with or without a vowel.
What part of speech is ecthlipsis?
Ecthlipsis is a noun.
How do you pronounce ecthlipsis?
Ecthlipsis is pronounced /ɛkθˈlɪp.sɪs/ (UK).
What is the plural of ecthlipsis?
The plural of ecthlipsis is ecthlipses.

Words near ecthlipsis in the dictionary

  1. ectexines
  2. ecthesis
  3. ecthetic
  4. ecthetically
  5. ecthlipses
  6. ecthlipsis
  7. ecthorea
  8. ecthoreum
  9. ECtHR
  10. ecthronym
  11. ecthronyms

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