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noun Phonetics.
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the contraction of two syllables or two vowels into one, especially the contraction of two vowels so as to form a diphthong.
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Synaeresis
is always a great word to know.
So is aspiration. Does it mean:
| to change a speech sound to an articulation requiring less effort, as from geminate to nongeminate or from stop to fricative |
| articulation accompanied by an audible puff of breath, as in the h-sound of how or in the release of initial stops, as in the k-sound of key |
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| syneresis or synaeresis (sɪˈnɪərɪsɪs) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | chem the process in which a gel contracts on standing and exudes liquid, as in the separation of whey in cheese-making |
| 2. | the contraction of two vowels into a diphthong |
| 3. | another word for synizesis |
| [C16: via Late Latin from Greek sunairesis a shortening, from sunairein to draw together, from | |
| synaeresis or synaeresis | |
| —n | |
| [C16: via Late Latin from Greek sunairesis a shortening, from sunairein to draw together, from | |
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