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Learn to pronounce hap·lol·o·gy

/ˌhaˈpläləjē/
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the omission of one occurrence of a sound or syllable that is repeated within a word, for example probly for probably.

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The meaning of HAPLOLOGY is contraction of a word by omission of one or more similar sounds or syllables (as in mineralogy for hypothetical mineralology or ...
Haplology is, in spoken language, the elision (elimination or deletion) of an entire syllable or a part of it through dissimilation The phenomenon was ...
Jan 16, 2020 · Haplology is a sound change involving the loss of a syllable when it is next to a phonetically identical (or similar) syllable.
Omission of a repeated occurrence of a sound or syllable in fluent speech, as for example in the.... Click for pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
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Haplology definition: the omission of one of two similar adjacent syllables or sounds in a word, as in substituting morphonemic for morphophonemic or in the ...
n. the omission of one of two similar adjacent syllables or sounds in a word, as in the pronunciation (ˈprɒb li) for probably.
…special case of dissimilation is haplology, in which the second of the two identical or similar syllables is dropped. Examples include the standard modern ...
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(phonology, uncountable) The process of deleting one of two almost identical syllables within a word. · (phonology, countable) An instance of deleting one of two ...
noun The loss of one of two identical or similar adjacent syllables in a word, as in Latin nūtrīx, “nurse,” from earlier *nūtrītrīx.