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Noun Concept
Categories: Phonotactics, Figures of speech, Sound changes
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aphaeresis  apheresis  Aphetism  Aphetisms  Aphetize
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(linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until' WordNet 3.0
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linguistics
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(linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until' WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
In phonetics and phonology, apheresis is a sound change in which a word-initial vowel is lost, e.g., American > 'Merican. Wikipedia
A term in phonetics Wikipedia Disambiguation
Elision, suppression, or complete loss of a letter or sound (syllable) from the beginning of a word, such as the development of special from especial; procope. Wiktionary
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omission
syncope
CATEGORY DOMAIN
linguistics
DERIVATION
aphaeretic
DIFFERENT FROM
apheresis
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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aphaeresis, apheresis
Wikipedia
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apheresis (linguistics)
Wikidata
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apheresis
Wiktionary
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apheresis
Wikipedia Redirections
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Aphaeresis (linguistics), Aphetism, Aphetisms, Aphetize
Wikidata Alias
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aphaeresis

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