synalœpha

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• synalèphe — [ sinalɛf ] n. f. • XVe; lat. gramm. synalœpha; gr. sunaloiphê ♦ Gramm. Fusion de deux ou de plusieurs syllabes en une seule, par élision, synérèse ou contraction. ● synalèphe nom féminin (bas latin synalœphe, du grec sunaloiphê) Fusion de deux… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Synalepha — Syn a*le pha, n. [NL., fr. L. synaloepha, Gr. ?, from ? to melt together; sy n with + ? to besmear.] (Gram.) A contraction of syllables by suppressing some vowel or diphthong at the end of a word, before another vowel or diphthong; as, th army,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• synaloepha — Synalepha Syn a*le pha, n. [NL., fr. L. synaloepha, Gr. ?, from ? to melt together; sy n with + ? to besmear.] (Gram.) A contraction of syllables by suppressing some vowel or diphthong at the end of a word, before another vowel or diphthong; as,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English