SYNIZESIS


Meaning of SYNIZESIS in English

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

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