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haplology

haplology

English

Noun

Examples
English idolater (from Latin idololatra) English pronunciation of library as /ˈlaɪ.bɹi/ (not /ˈlaɪ.bɹə.ɹi/)

haplology ‎(countable and uncountable, plural haplologies)

(linguistics) The process of deleting one of two almost identical syllables within a word.
An instance of deleting one of two almost identical syllables within a word.

Derived terms

haplogy (itself a haplology of haplology)
haplologic
haplological
haplologize

Translations

deleting syllables

Dutch: haplologie (nl) f
Finnish: tavuheitto
French: haplologie (fr) f
German: Haplologie (de) f, Silbenschichtung (de) f
Greek: απλολογία (el) f ‎(aplología)

Italian: aplologia f
Japanese: 重音脱落 ‎(jūondatsuraku)
Malay: haplologi (ms), susut bunyi
Polish: haplologia (pl) f
Russian: гаплоло́гия (ru) f ‎(gaplológija)

instance of deleting a syllable

Greek: απλολογία (el) f ‎(aplología)