sinéresis

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈneɾesis/ [siˈne.ɾe.sis]
• Rhymes: -eɾesis
• Syllabification: si‧né‧re‧sis

Noun

sinéresis f (plural sinéresis)

1. (prosody, phonetics) synaeresis (contraction of two vowels into a diphthong or a long vowel)
2. (chemistry) synaeresis (separating out of the liquid from a gel)

Further reading

• “sinéresis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025