haplology

English

Etymology

haplo- +‎ -logy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hæˈplɒlədʒi/
• Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi

Noun

Examples
English idolater (from Latin idololatra) Nonstandard English pronunciation of library as /ˈlaɪ.bɹi/ (instead of /ˈlaɪ.bɹə.ɹi/)

haplology (countable and uncountable, plural haplologies)

1. (phonology, uncountable) The process of deleting one of two almost identical syllables within a word.
2. (phonology, countable) An instance of deleting one of two almost identical syllables within a word.

Alternative forms

• haplogy (itself a haplology of haplology)

Derived terms

• haplologic
• haplological
• haplologize

Translations

deleting syllables

• Czech: haplologie f
• Dutch: haplologie (nl) f
• Finnish: tavuheitto
• French: haplologie (fr) f
• German: Haplologie (de) f, Silbenschichtung (de) f
• Greek: απλολογία (el) f (aplología)

• Italian: aplologia f
• Japanese: 重音脱落 (jūondatsuraku)
• Malay: haplologi (ms), susut bunyi
• Polish: haplologia (pl) f
• Russian: гаплоло́гия (ru) f (gaplológija)

instance of deleting a syllable

• Greek: απλολογία (el) f (aplología)

See also

• glossary entry on haplology