synaloepha

synaloepha
/sin'l ee"feuh/, n.
the blending of two successive vowels into one, esp. the coalescence of a vowel at the end of one word with a vowel at the beginning of the next.
Also, synalepha, synalephe /sin'l ee"fee/.
[1530-40; < NL < Gk synaloiphé, synaliphé, equiv. to syn- SYN- + aloiph-, aliph- (var. stems of aleíphein to smear) + -e fem. n. suffix]

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