[sin-l-ee-fuh] 
| the blending of two successive vowels into one, esp. the coalescence of a vowel at the end of one word with a vowel at the beginning of the next. |
[sin-l-ee-fee] .
, synaliph, equiv. to syn- syn- + aloiph-, aliph- (var. stems of aleíphein to smear) + -ē fem. n. suffix
| syn·a·le·pha also syn·a·loe·pha (sĭn'ə-lē'fə) n. The blending into one syllable of two successive vowels of adjacent syllables, especially to fit a poetic meter; for example, th' elite for the elite. [New Latin, from Greek sunaloiphē, from sunaleiphein, to coalesce, unite two syllables : sun-, syn- + aleiphein, to smear; see leip- in Indo-European roots.] |