elision

English - Turkish

Definition of elision in English Turkish dictionary: söylerken atlama; (Dilbilim) düşme; çıkarma; sonünlü düşmesi; şiirde özellikle kelime sonlarındaki harf veya hecenin okunmaması; {i} söylenişte bir sesin çıkarılması; (isim) söylenişte bir sesin çıkarılması
elision of a phoneme: (Dilbilim) fonem düşmesi

English - English

Definition of elision in English English dictionary: The deliberate omission of something; The omission of a letter or syllable between two words; sometimes marked with an apostrophe; {n} a cutting off, separation, dash; omission of a sound between two words (usually a vowel and the end of one word or the beginning of the next); the omission of a letter or syllable "Don't" instead of "do not "; The omission of a letter or syllable as a means of contraction, generally to achieve a uniform metrical pattern, but sometimes to smooth the pronunciation; most such omissions are marked with an apostrophe Specific types of elision include aphaeresis, apocope, syncope, synaeresis and synaloepha, most of which can be found in Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard " Sidelight: The opposite of elision is hiatus, the slight break in articulation caused by the occurrence of contiguous vowels, either within a word as "naive" or in the final and beginning vowels of successive words, as "the umbrella "; {i} omission of a vowel; omission, leaving out; A harmonic progression that skips a level in the chord hierarchy Exception: A harmonic progression that includes a tonic (I) triad is not an elision Circle of Fifths; omission of a consonant (e g , "ere" for "ever") or a vowel (e g , "tother" for "the other"), usually to achieve a metrical effect; When the poet takes a word that ends in a vowel, and a following word that begins with a vowel, and blurs them together to create a single syllable Contrast with synaeresis, syncope, and acephalous lines; a deliberate act of omission; "with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news"; the omission of an unstressed vowel or syllable to achieve a uniform rhythm pattern
elisions: plural of elision