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): (file)

Noun

elision (plural elisions)

The deliberate omission of something.
(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

genitive singular of elisio

Anagrams

iloisen