Elision — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

omission of a sound between two words (usually a vowel and the end of one word or the beginning of the next)

a deliberate act of omission

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ᵻlˈɪʒən/

🇬🇧British English

/dɹˈeɪ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dɹˈeɪ/

3 syllables Say it as /ᵻlˈɪʒən/.

Examples

with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

exception exclusion

Parts of Speech

noun	omission of a sound between two words (usually a vowel and the end of one word or the beginning of the next)
noun	a deliberate act of omission “with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news”

Word Forms

elide	verb	leave or strike out
except	verb	prevent from being included or considered or accepted
exclude	verb	prevent from being included or considered or accepted

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

élision

omission d'un son entre deux mots (généralement une voyelle et la fin d'un mot ou le début du suivant)

🇪🇸Spanish

elisión

omisión de un sonido entre dos palabras (generalmente una vocal y el final de una palabra o el comienzo de la siguiente)

🇮🇹Italian

elisione

omissione di un suono tra due parole (solitamente una vocale e la fine di una parola o l'inizio di quella successiva)

🇳🇱Dutch

elisie

weglaten van een klank tussen twee woorden (meestal een klinker en het einde van het ene woord of het begin van het volgende)

🇵🇹Portuguese

elisão

omissão de um som entre duas palavras (geralmente uma vogal e o final de uma palavra ou o início da próxima)

🇷🇺Russian

элизия

пропуск звука между двумя словами (обычно гласная и конец одного слова или начало следующего)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

इलिजन

दो शब्दों के बीच एक ध्वनि का लोप (आमतौर पर एक स्वर और एक शब्द का अंत या अगले की शुरुआत)

🇮🇳Tamil

நீக்குதல்

இரண்டு வார்த்தைகளுக்கு இடையில் ஒலியை விட்டுவிடுதல் (பொதுவாக ஒரு உயிரெழுத்து மற்றும் ஒரு வார்த்தையின் முடிவு அல்லது அடுத்த வார்த்தையின் ஆரம்பம்)

🇮🇳Telugu

నిర్మూలన

రెండు పదాల మధ్య ధ్వనిని వదిలివేయడం (సాధారణంగా అచ్చు మరియు ఒక పదం ముగింపు లేదా తదుపరి ప్రారంభం)

🇮🇳Gujarati

એલિઝન

બે શબ્દો વચ્ચેના અવાજની બાદબાકી (સામાન્ય રીતે સ્વર અને એક શબ્દનો અંત અથવા બીજાની શરૂઆત)

🇮🇳Kannada

ನಿವಾರಣೆ

ಎರಡು ಪದಗಳ ನಡುವಿನ ಧ್ವನಿಯನ್ನು ಬಿಟ್ಟುಬಿಡುವುದು (ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಸ್ವರ ಮತ್ತು ಒಂದು ಪದದ ಅಂತ್ಯ ಅಥವಾ ಮುಂದಿನದ ಪ್ರಾರಂಭ)

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഉന്മൂലനം

രണ്ട് വാക്കുകൾക്കിടയിലുള്ള ഒരു ശബ്ദം ഒഴിവാക്കുക (സാധാരണയായി ഒരു സ്വരാക്ഷരവും ഒരു വാക്കിൻ്റെ അവസാനം അല്ലെങ്കിൽ അടുത്തതിൻ്റെ ആരംഭം)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

省略

两个单词之间省略一个声音（通常是元音和一个单词的结尾或下一个单词的开头）

🇯🇵Japanese

省略

2 つの単語の間の音の省略（通常は母音と、ある単語の終わりまたは次の単語の始まり）

🇰🇷Korean

생략

두 단어 사이의 소리 생략(보통 모음과 한 단어의 끝 또는 다음 단어의 시작)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự bỏ phiếu

bỏ sót âm thanh giữa hai từ (thường là nguyên âm và kết thúc một từ hoặc bắt đầu từ tiếp theo)

🇹🇭Thai

การกำจัด

การละเว้นเสียงระหว่างสองคำ (โดยปกติจะเป็นสระและจุดสิ้นสุดของคำหนึ่งหรือจุดเริ่มต้นของคำถัดไป)

🇮🇩Indonesian

peniadaan bunyi dlm ucapan

penghilangan bunyi di antara dua kata (biasanya vokal dan akhir satu kata atau awal kata berikutnya)

🇵🇭Filipino

elisyon

pagtanggal ng tunog sa pagitan ng dalawang salita (karaniwang patinig at dulo ng isang salita o simula ng susunod)

🇲🇾Malay

penghapusan

peninggalan bunyi antara dua perkataan (biasanya vokal dan akhir satu perkataan atau permulaan seterusnya)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

ترخيم

إغفال الصوت بين كلمتين (عادة حرف علة ونهاية كلمة واحدة أو بداية الكلمة التالية)

🇮🇷Persian

حذف

حذف یک صدا بین دو کلمه (معمولا مصوت و انتهای یک کلمه یا ابتدای کلمه بعدی)

🇹🇷Turkish

seçim

iki kelime arasında bir sesin atlanması (genellikle bir sesli harf ve bir kelimenin sonu veya bir sonrakinin başlangıcı)

🇮🇱Hebrew

הַשׁמָטָה

השמטת צליל בין שתי מילים (בדרך כלל תנועות וסוף מילה אחת או תחילתה של הבאה)

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The primary meaning of 'elision' is 'omission of a sound between two words (usually a vowel and the end of one word or the beginning of the next)'.

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Using 'elision' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

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