SYNALEPHA

Etymology

Noun

synalepha (countable and uncountable, plural synalephas)

The suppression of a vowel at the end of word when it is followed by another word beginning with a vowel.

The melding into a single syllable of two vowels from two different syllables.

Source: Wiktionary

Syn`a*le"pha, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. synaloepha, Gr. (Gram.)

Definition: A contraction of syllables by suppressing some vowel or diphthong at the end of a word, before another vowel or diphthong; as, th' army, for the army. [Written also synaloepha.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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