apheretic

• Устаревшее прилагательное, относящееся к аферезу (выпадению звука или слога в начале слова) или характеризующееся им.

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.

   Относящийся к аферезу

   • 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.

   Синонимыaphaereticaphetic