English - Etymology
Aphetic for obsolete evanish, from Middle English, from Old French esvanir, esvaniss- (French évanouir), Vulgar Latin evanescere, from vanus (“empty”)
English - Verb
vanish (third-person singular simple present vanishes, present participle vanishing, simple past and past participle vanished)
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English - Noun
- (phonetics) The brief terminal part of a vowel or vocal element, differing more or less in quality from the main part.