ecthlipsis

ec·thlip·sis

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [ek-thlip-sis]
- /ɛkˈθlɪp sɪs/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [ek-thlip-sis]
- /ɛkˈθlɪp sɪs/

Definitions of ecthlipsis word

noun plural ecthlipsis loss of a consonant, especially, in Latin, loss of a final m before a word beginning with a vowel or h. 1
noun ecthlipsis the elision of a syllable beginning with a short vowel and ending with an m when that syllable occurs at the end of a word and before another word beginning with either a vowel or an h 0
noun ecthlipsis (linguistics, Latin prosody) The dropping out or suppression from a word of a consonant, with or without a vowel. 0
noun ecthlipsis (linguistics, Latin prosody) The elision of a final m, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel. 0

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Origin of ecthlipsis

First appearance:

before 1650

One of the 45% oldest English words

1650-60; < Late Latin < Greek ékthlīpsis, equivalent to ekthlī́b(ein) to squeeze out (ek- ec- + thlī́bein, variant of phlī́bein to squeeze) + -sis -sis

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Parts of speech for Ecthlipsis

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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ecthlipsis popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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