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elision

/ɪˈlɪʒ.(ə)n̩/

elision noun: the deliberate omission of something.

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Noun

elision (plural elisions)

  1. The deliberate omission of something.
  2. The omission of a letter or syllable between two words or inside a word; sometimes marked with an apostrophe.
    • See also: contraction, apheresis, apocope, syncope

elision meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Kannada

elision in Hindi

elision, apocope
लोप lop

elision in Tamil

நீக்கம்

elision in Bengali

elision, omission
লোপ lōp

elision in Kannada

ಕಳೆತ, ತೆಗೆತ
More languagesFewer languages
elision in Gujarati
લોપ lop
elision in Arabic
إِسْقَاط ʔisqāṭ, حَذْف ḥaḏf

Forms of elision

pluralelisions

Origin of elision

From Latin ēlīsiō (“striking out, forcing out”) (whence -ion (“noun suffix denoting action, result, process, state, condition”)), from ēlīsus (“knocked out, forced out”), past participle of ēlīdō (“to knock, dash or strike out”) (whence elide), from ex- (“out, away”) + laedō (“to strike, collide, hurt”) (whence e- (“assimilated form of ex-”)).

Phrases with elision

Questions about elision

What does elision mean?
Elision means the deliberate omission of something.
What is elision in Hindi?
Elision in Hindi is लोप (lop). See Elision meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is elision?
Elision is a noun.
How do you pronounce elision?
Elision is pronounced /ɪˈlɪʒ.(ə)n̩/.
What is the plural of elision?
The plural of elision is elisions.

Words near elision in the dictionary

  1. Elisha
  2. Elishah
  3. Elisheba
  4. Elisheva
  5. elisidepsin
  6. elision
  7. elisions
  8. Elisjsha
  9. elison
  10. Elisons
  11. elisor

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Adapted from Wiktionary: elision (page history and authors); लोप (Hindi) (page history and authors); elision (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); লোপ (Bengali) (page history and authors); elision (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); લોપ (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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