ecthlipsis

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἔκθλιψις (ékthlipsis). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ɛkθˈlɪp.sɪs/ Rhymes: -ɪpsɪs Hyphenation: ec‧thlip‧sis === Noun === ecthlipsis (countable and uncountable, plural ecthlipses) (phonology, rhetoric) The dropping out or suppression of a consonant from a word, with or without a vowel. (phonology) In Latin, the elision of a final /m/, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel. === See also === eclipsis ellipsis === Further reading === “ecthlipsis”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “ecthlipsis, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. “ecthlipsis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.