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APHAERESIS

Dictionary entry overview: What does aphaeresis mean?

• APHAERESIS (noun)
The noun APHAERESIS has 1 sense:

1. (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in 'coon' for 'raccoon' or 'till' for 'until'

Familiarity information: APHAERESIS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• APHAERESIS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

(linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in 'coon' for 'raccoon' or 'till' for 'until'

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

aphaeresis; apheresis

Hypernyms ("aphaeresis" is a kind of...):

deletion; omission (any process whereby sounds are left out of spoken words or phrases)

Domain category:

linguistics (the scientific study of language)

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