Synonyms for "elision" (33 found)

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Closest matches (7)

abbreviationabridgmentabstractapocopeaposiopesisclippingcompression

Strong matches (10)

condensationconspectuscontractioncrasiscurtailmentcuttingellipsisepitomeexception

Noun(1 words)

exception

Related words (16)

Noun(1 words)

exclusion

foreshorteningprecispruningrecaprecapitulationreductionretrenchmentshorteningsummarysummationsyncopesyneresissynopsistelescopingtruncation

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

2 entries

deletionomission

Synonyms

1 entries

exception

Related terms

1 entries

elide

is a

1 entries

omission

related to

8 entries

apocopeapostropheelideletteromissionsyllablesyncopeword

Translations

29 translations across 19 languages.

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Arabic

2 entries

• إِسْقَاط noun (the omission of a letter or syllable)
• حَذْف noun (the omission of a letter or syllable)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

• səsdüşümü noun (the omission of a letter or syllable)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

• 元音省略 noun (the omission of a letter or syllable)
• 省略 noun (deliberate omission)
• 音節省略 /音节省略 noun (the omission of a letter or syllable)

Dutch

2 entries

• elisie noun (the omission of a letter or syllable)
• weglating noun (deliberate omission)

Esperanto

1 entries

• elizio noun (the omission of a letter or syllable)

Finnish

3 entries

• elisio noun (the omission of a letter or syllable)
• pois jättäminen noun (deliberate omission)
• sivuuttaminen noun (deliberate omission)

French

1 entries

• élision noun (the omission of a letter or syllable)

German

3 entries

• (bewusste) Auslassung noun (deliberate omission)
• (bewusste) Weglassung noun (deliberate omission)
• Elision noun (the omission of a letter or syllable)

Greek

1 entries

• έκθλιψη noun (the omission of a letter or syllable)

Icelandic

1 entries

• brottfall noun (the omission of a letter or syllable)

Japanese

1 entries

• エリジオン noun (the omission of a letter or syllable)

Macedonian

2 entries

• ели́зија noun (the omission of a letter or syllable)
• испу́штање noun (deliberate omission)

Polish

1 entries

• elizja noun (the omission of a letter or syllable)

Portuguese

1 entries

• elisão noun (the omission of a letter or syllable)

Russian

2 entries

• упуще́ние noun (deliberate omission)
• эли́зия noun (the omission of a letter or syllable)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

• bàthadh noun (the omission of a letter or syllable)

Spanish

1 entries

• elisión noun (the omission of a letter or syllable)

Swedish

1 entries

• elision noun (the omission of a letter or syllable)

Ukrainian

1 entries

• елі́зія noun (the omission of a letter or syllable)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

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See also: contraction, apheresis, apocope, syncope

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