синицеза

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Synizese, from Ancient Greek συνίζησις (sunízēsis, subsidence, collapse).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sinǐt͡seza/
  • Hyphenation: си‧ни‧це‧за

Noun

синѝцеза f (Latin spelling sinìceza)

  1. (prosody, phonetics, poetry) synizesis (the fusion of two syllables into one without the formation of a recognized diphthong, especially to fit a certain poetic meter)

References

  • синицеза”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025