aphesis (0 synonym found)

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Definition of aphesis:

(n) : (phonetics, linguistics, prosody) The loss of the initial unstressed vowel of a word.

Definition of aphesis:

(n) : (phonetics, linguistics, prosody) The loss of the initial unstressed vowel of a word.

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