- aphaeresis
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aphaeresis
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Aphaeresis — a*phaer e*sis, ||Aphaeresis A*ph[ae]r e*sis(?; 277), n. [L.] Same as {Apheresis}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
aphaeresis — a*phaer e*sis, ||Aphaeresis A*ph[ae]r e*sis(?; 277), n. [L.] Same as {Apheresis}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
aphaeresis — noun (plural aphaereses) Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek aphairesis, literally, taking off, from aphairein to take away, from apo + hairein to take Date: circa 1550 the loss of one or more sounds or letters at the beginning of a word (as in… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Aphaeresis — См. afèresi … Пятиязычный словарь лингвистических терминов
aphaeresis — aphaeretic /af euh ret ik/, adj. /euh fer euh sis/, n. apheresis. * * * … Universalium
aphaeresis — n. (Linguistics) cutting off the beginning of words … English contemporary dictionary
aphaeresis — /əˈfɛrəsəs/ (say uh feruhsuhs) noun the omission of a letter, phoneme, or unstressed syllable at the beginning of a word, as in squire for esquire. Also, Chiefly US, apheresis. {Latin, from Greek aphairesis removal} –aphaeretic /æfəˈrɛtɪk/ (say… …
aphaeresis — n. cutting off beginning of word. ♦ aphaeretic, a … Dictionary of difficult words
aphaeresis — n. (pl. aphaereses) the omission of a letter or syllable at the beginning of a word as a morphological development (e.g. in the derivation of adder). Etymology: LL f. Gk aphairesis (as APO , haireo take) … Useful english dictionary
Aphesis — In phonetics, aphaeresis (pron en|əˈfɪərɨsɪs, from Greek apo away, hairein to take), also known as aphesis (pron en|ˈæfɨsɪs, from Greek apo away, hienai to send), is the loss of one or more sounds from the beginning of a word; especially, the… … Wikipedia
