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- Ancient Greek · derived fromσυνεκφώνησις
- English todaysynecphonesis
From Ancient Greek συνεκφώνησις (sunekphṓnēsis), from συν- (sun-, “together”) + ἐκφώνησις (ekphṓnēsis, “pronunciation”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A contraction of two syllables into one. Full definition →
From Ancient Greek συνεκφώνησις (sunekphṓnēsis), from συν- (sun-, “together”) + ἐκφώνησις (ekphṓnēsis, “pronunciation”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.