synaeresis

• synæresis (dated)
• synairesis (uncommon)
• syneresis (US)

From Ancient Greek συναίρεσις (sunaíresis, “unification”), from συν- (sun-, “together”) + αἵρεσις (haíresis, “taking”), from αἱρέω (hairéō, “I take”).

• IPA^(key): /sɪnˈɛɹəsɪs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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synaeresis (countable and uncountable, plural synaereses)

1. (prosody, phonetics, poetry) The contraction of two vowels into a diphthong or a long vowel.

   Coordinate terms: elision, crasis, synizesis, hiatus

   Hypernyms: synalepha, metaplasm

2. (chemistry) The separating out of the liquid from a gel.

• Silva Rhetoricae (rhetoric.byu.edu)

• synæresis, synęresis

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σῠναίρεσῐς (sŭnaíresĭs).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [syˈnae̯.rɛ.sɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [siˈnɛː.re.s̬is]

synaeresis f (genitive synaeresis or synaereseōs or synaeresios); third declension

1. synaeresis (contraction of two syllables into one)
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:synaeresis.

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem).

¹Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

• (antonym(s) of “synaeresis”): diaeresis

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