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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔκθλιψις (ékthlipsis, “a squeezing out”), from ἐκθλίβω (ekthlíbō, “to squeeze out”), from θλίβω (thlíbō, “to squeeze; to compress”).
Noun
ecthlipsis (countable and uncountable, plural ecthlipses)
- (phonology) The dropping out or suppression from a word of a consonant, with or without a vowel.
- (phonology) The elision of a final /m/, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel.