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synalephe

synalephe is the alternative form of synalepha.

Meaning of synalepha

Noun

synalepha (countable and uncountable, plural synalephas)

  1. (rhetoric) The suppression of a vowel at the end of word when it is followed by another word beginning with a vowel.
  2. (rhetoric) The melding into a single syllable of two vowels from two different syllables.

Forms of synalephe

pluralsynalephes

Questions about synalephe

What is synalephe the alternative form of?
Synalephe is the alternative form of synalepha.

Words near synalephe in the dictionary

  1. synagoguelike
  2. synagogues
  3. synairesis
  4. synalepha
  5. synalephas
  6. synalephe
  7. synalephes
  8. synalgia
  9. synalgic
  10. synallactid
  11. synallactids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: synalephe (page history and authors); synalepha (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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