From Ancient Greek συναίρεσις (sunaíresis, “unification”), from συν- (sun-, “together”) + αἵρεσις (haíresis, “taking”), from αἱρέω (hairéō, “I take”).
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contraction of the -ew (/uː/) and or- (/oʊɹ/) of New Orleans into /nɔːlənz/. |
synaeresis (countable and uncountable, plural synaereses)
Borrowed from Ancient Greek σῠναίρεσῐς (sunaíresis).
synaeresis f (genitive synaeresis or synaereseōs or synaeresios); third declension
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
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| nominative | synaeresis | synaeresēs synaereseis |
| genitive | synaeresis synaereseōs synaeresios |
synaeresium |
| dative | synaeresī | synaeresibus |
| accusative | synaeresim synaeresin synaeresem1 |
synaeresēs synaeresīs |
| ablative | synaeresī synaerese1 |
synaeresibus |
| vocative | synaeresis synaeresi |
synaeresēs synaereseis |
1Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.