syncope
noun /ˈsɪŋkəpi/
/ˈsɪŋkəpi/
[uncountable] (phonetics- the dropping of a sound or sounds in the middle of a word when it is spoken, for example the pronunciation of library as /laɪbri/
compare apocopeTopics Languagec2词中语音省略(如将 library 发成 /ˈlaɪbri/ )词源late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek sunkopē, from sun- ‘together’ + koptein ‘strike, cut off’.