ALL meanings of synaloepha
syn·a·loe·pha
S s - noun synaloepha the blending of two successive vowels into one, especially the coalescence of a vowel at the end of one word with a vowel at the beginning of the next. 1
- noun synaloepha the contraction into one syllable of two adjacent vowels, usually by elision (Ex.: th' eagle for the eagle) 0