elision

See also: élision

English

Etymology

From Latin ēlīsion-, the stem of ēlīsio (“striking out, forcing out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈlɪʒ.(ə)n̩/, /ɪˈlɪz.j(ə)n̩/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

elision (plural elisions)

2. The deliberate omission of something.
4. (linguistics) 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

Related terms

• elide

Translations

deliberate omission

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 省略 (zh) (shěnglüè)

• Dutch: weglating (nl) f
• Finnish: sivuuttaminen (fi), pois jättäminen
• German: (bewusste) Auslassung f, (bewusste) Weglassung f
• Macedonian: испу́штање n (ispúštanje)
• Russian: упуще́ние (ru) n (upuščénije)

the omission of a letter or syllable

• Arabic: إِسْقَاط m (ʔisqāṭ), حَذْف m (ḥaḏf)
• Azerbaijani: səsdüşümü
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 元音省略 (yuányīn shěnglüè), 音節省略 / 音节省略 (yīnjié shěnglüè)

• Dutch: elisie (nl) f
• Esperanto: elizio
• Finnish: elisio (fi)
• French: élision (fr) f
• German: Elision (de) f
• Greek: έκθλιψη (el) f (ékthlipsi)
• Icelandic: brottfall (is) n
• Japanese: エリジオン (erijion)
• Macedonian: ели́зија f (elízija)
• Polish: elizja (pl) f
• Portuguese: elisão (pt) f
• Russian: эли́зия (ru) f (elízija)
• Scottish Gaelic: bàthadh m
• Spanish: elisión (es) f
• Swedish: elision (sv)
• Ukrainian: елі́зія f (elízija)

References

• Noah Webster (1828) “elision”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language: […], volume I (A–I), New York, N.Y.: […] S. Converse; printed by Hezekiah Howe […], →OCLC.

Anagrams

• isoline, lionise

Finnish

Noun

elision

1. genitive singular of elisio

Anagrams

• iloisen