elision
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
elision /ɪˈlɪʒ(ə)n/
▶noun
- 1 the omission of a sound or syllable in speech.
- 2 the process of joining or merging.
– origin C16: from late L. elisio(n-), from L. elidere ‘crush out’.
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