siniceza

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sinǐt͡seza/
• Hyphenation: si‧ni‧ce‧za

Noun

sinìceza f (Cyrillic spelling синѝцеза)

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

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