ecthlipsis
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔκθλιψις (ékthlipsis).
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.