ecthlipsis

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)

1. (phonology) The dropping out or suppression from a word of a consonant, with or without a vowel.
2. (phonology) The elision of a final /m/, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel.