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English
Alternative forms
- haplogy (itself a haplology of haplology)
Etymology
haplo- + -logy
Pronunciation
Noun
haplology (countable and uncountable, plural haplologies)
- (phonology, uncountable) The process of deleting one of two almost identical syllables within a word.
- (phonology, countable) An instance of deleting one of two almost identical syllables within a word.
Derived terms
Translations
instance of deleting a syllable
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