synaeresis

See also: synæresis

English

Alternative forms

• synæresis (dated)
• synairesis (uncommon)
• syneresis (US)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek συναίρεσις (sunaíresis, “unification”), from συν- (sun-, “together”) + αἵρεσις (haíresis, “taking”), from αἱρέω (hairéō, “I take”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪnˈɛɹəsɪs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

Examples (linguistics, prosody)
contraction of the -ew (/uː/) and or- (/oʊɹ/) of New Orleans into /nɔːlənz/.

synaeresis (countable and uncountable, plural synaereses)

1. (linguistics, prosody) The contraction of two vowels into a diphthong or a long vowel.

   Hypernym: metaplasm

2. (chemistry) The separating out of the liquid from a gel.

Translations

Translations

Finnish: synereesi (fi) French: synérèse (fr) f Greek: συναίρεση (el) (synaíresi) Ancient: συναίρεσις (sunaíresis) Italian: sineresi (it) f Portuguese: sinérese (pt) f Russian: синереза f (sinereza), синерезис (ru) (sinerezis) Spanish: sinéresis (es) f, sinieresis f

References

• Silva Rhetoricae (rhetoric.byu.edu)

Latin

Alternative forms

• synæresis, synęresis

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σῠναίρεσῐς (sŭnaíresĭs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /syˈnae̯.re.sis/, [s̠ʏˈnäe̯rɛs̠ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /siˈne.re.sis/, [siˈnɛːres̬is]

Noun

synaeresis f (genitive synaeresis or synaereseōs or synaeresios); third declension

1. synaeresis (contraction of two syllables into one)
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:synaeresis.

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	synaeresis	synaeresēs synaereseis
genitive	synaeresis synaereseōs synaeresios	synaeresium
dative	synaeresī	synaeresibus
accusative	synaeresim synaeresin synaeresem1	synaeresēs synaeresīs
ablative	synaeresī synaerese1	synaeresibus
vocative	synaeresis synaeresi	synaeresēs synaereseis

¹Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “synaeresis”): diaeresis

References

• “synaeresis” on page 1,896/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)