aphesis

== English == === Etymology === Attested since 1880. Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄφεσις (áphesis, “letting go”), from ἀφίημι (aphíēmi), from ἀπο- (apo-, “off”) + ἵημι (híēmi, “send forth”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈæ.fə.sɪs/ === Noun === aphesis (countable and uncountable, plural apheses) (phonetics, linguistics, prosody) The loss of the initial unstressed vowel of a word. Hypernyms: apheresis, procope ==== Related terms ==== apheresis aphetic aphetism aphetize, aphetized ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === saphies