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Added 10 October 2026

elision

/ɪˈlɪʒ.(ə)n̩/ noun

Latin root: ēlīsiō Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about elision at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The deliberate omission of something.
The omission of a letter or syllable between two words or inside a word; sometimes marked with an apostrophe.
See also: contraction, apheresis, apocope, syncope

Origin

From Latin ēlīsiō (“striking out, forcing out”) (whence -ion (“noun suffix denoting action, result, process, state, condition”)), from ēlīsus (“knocked out, forced out”), past participle of ēlīdō (“to knock, dash or strike out”) (whence elide), from ex- (“out, away”) + laedō (“to strike, collide, hurt”) (whence e- (“assimilated form of ex-”)).

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