APHAERESIS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

(linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in 'coon' for 'raccoon' or 'till' for 'until'

Synonyms:

aphaeresis; apheresis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("aphaeresis" is a kind of...):

deletion; omission (any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases)

Domain category:

linguistics (the scientific study of language)

Derivation:

aphaeretic (relating to or formed by or consisting of aphaeresis)