English

Alternative forms

• syneresis (US), synæresis

Noun

synaeresis ‎(countable and uncountable, plural synaereses)

1. (linguistics, prosody) the contraction of two vowels into a diphthong or a long vowel.
2. (chemistry) the separating out of the liquid from a gel.

Hypernyms

• (linguistics, prosody): metaplasm

References

• Silva Rhetoricae (rhetoric.byu.edu)

Latin

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek σῠναίρεσῐς ‎(sunaíresis)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /syˈnae̯.re.sis/, [sʏˈnae̯.rɛ.sɪs]

Noun

synaeresis f ‎(genitive synaeresis or synaereseos); third declension

1. synaeresis (contraction of two syllables into one)
   • Velius Longus, de orthographia

     unde et apud Vergilium non aliter legimus, «pellacis Vlixi»; et a pelluendo peluis et apud antiquos τρισυλλάβως pelluis, quae nunc in synaeresi peluis dicitur.

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Antonyms

• (synaeresis): diaeresis

References

• “synaeresis” on page 1,896/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)