merger

fusione

Unione di due o più gruppi o cose prima separati, che diventano un unico insieme.

In inglese semplice: The joining of two or more separate groups or things into one.

• The two banks announced a merger.
• Staff worried about jobs after the company merger.
• Will the proposed merger create a larger team?

Come si usa: merger of A and B (The merger of the two clubs created a stronger team.); merger between A and B (They announced a merger between the two banks.); merger with something (The company approved a merger with its largest rival.)

Sinonimi: combination, union

Contrari: split

Espressioni comuni: a company merger, a proposed merger, approve a merger

fusione fonologica

Cambiamento linguistico per cui suoni prima diversi diventano lo stesso suono.

In inglese semplice: A change in language in which different speech sounds become the same sound.

• This dialect has a vowel merger.
• The merger makes those two words sound identical.
• Researchers traced the merger across several generations of speakers.

Come si usa: merger of A and B (The merger of these vowels is common in this dialect.)

Contrari: split

Espressioni comuni: vowel merger, a phonemic merger