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Origin
- Latinēlīsiō“striking out, forcing out”
- Englishelision
From Latin ēlīsiō (“striking out, forcing out”) (whence -ion (“noun suffix denoting action, result, process, state, condition”)), from ēlīsus (“knocked out, forced out”), past participle of ēlīdō (“to knock, dash or strike out”) (whence elide), from ex- (“out, away”) + laedō (“to strike, collide, hurt”) (whence e- (“assimilated form of ex-”)).
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Arabic إِسْقَاط, حَذْف
- إِسْقَاط (ʔisqāṭ)the omission of a letter or syllable
- حَذْف (ḥaḏf)the omission of a letter or syllable
Chinese Mandarin 省略, 元音省略
- 省略 (shěnglüè)deliberate omission
- 元音省略 (yuányīn shěnglüè)the omission of a letter or syllable
- 音節省略 /音节省略 (yīnjié shěnglüè)the omission of a letter or syllable
- 吞音 (tūnyīn)the omission of a letter or syllable
Dutch weglating, elisie
- weglatingdeliberate omission
- elisiethe omission of a letter or syllable
Esperanto elizio
- eliziothe omission of a letter or syllable
Finnish sivuuttaminen, pois jättäminen
- sivuuttaminendeliberate omission
- pois jättäminendeliberate omission
- elisiothe omission of a letter or syllable
French élision
- élisionthe omission of a letter or syllable
German (bewusste) Auslassung, (bewusste) Weglassung
- (bewusste) Auslassungdeliberate omission
- (bewusste) Weglassungdeliberate omission
- Elisionthe omission of a letter or syllable
Greek έκθλιψη
- έκθλιψη (ékthlipsi)the omission of a letter or syllable
Icelandic brottfall
- brottfallthe omission of a letter or syllable
Japanese エリジオン
- エリジオン (erijion)the omission of a letter or syllable
Polish elizja
- elizjathe omission of a letter or syllable
Portuguese elisão
- elisãothe omission of a letter or syllable
Russian упуще́ние, эли́зия
- упуще́ние (upuščénije)deliberate omission
- эли́зия (elízija)the omission of a letter or syllable
Scottish Gaelic bàthadh
- bàthadhthe omission of a letter or syllable
Spanish elisión
- elisiónthe omission of a letter or syllable
Swedish elision
- elisionthe omission of a letter or syllable
Ukrainian елі́зія
- елі́зія (elízija)the omission of a letter or syllable
Welsh seingoll
- seingollthe omission of a letter or syllable
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Cite this entry
elision. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elision
“elision.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elision. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “elision,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elision.
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