apheretic

• Veraltetes Adjektiv, das sich auf die Aphärese (den Wegfall eines Lautes oder einer Silbe am Wortanfang) bezieht oder dadurch gekennzeichnet ist.

An obsolete adjective relating to or characterized by aphaeresis (the loss of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word).

1. Relating to aphaeresisC2formal

   Pertaining to or formed by aphaeresis, which is the loss of one or more sounds or letters from the beginning of a word.

   sich auf Aphärese beziehend

   • The word 'round' is an apheretic form of 'around'.
   • Linguists study apheretic processes in language evolution.
   • The apheretic shortening of 'because' to 'cause' is common in informal speech.

   Synonymeaphaereticaphetic