transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌsi-nə-ˈzē-səs ]
noun
Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek synizēsis, from synizein to sit down together, collapse, blend, from syn- + hizein to sit down; akin to Latin sidere to sit down — more at subside
Date: 1846
: contraction of two syllables into one by uniting in pronunciation two adjacent vowels