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Elision

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The omission of a vowel before another vowel, often shown by an apostrophe.

L’ami means ‘the friend’. The apostrophe marks the omitted vowel in le. Elision is not the same as liaison, which links a consonant sound to a following vowel.

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  1. French liaison and elision by ear Liaison links a normally silent final consonant to a following vowel sound. Elision removes a vowel in writing and speech before another vowel, as in l’ami.

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