What Is an Elided R?

In the case of contractions or words like library (pronounced in rapid speech as /laibri/), the whole syllable is elided." Tej R. Kansakar, "A Course in English Phonetics."

What means elided?

transitive verb. 1a : to suppress or alter (something, such as a vowel or syllable) by elision. b : to strike out (something, such as a written word) 2a : to leave out of consideration : omit. b : curtail, abridge.

What is an elided syllable?

In linguistics, an elision or deletion is broadly defined as the omission of one or more sounds (such as a vowel, a consonant, or a whole syllable) in a word or phrase. However, it is also used to refer more narrowly to cases where two words are run together by the omission of a final sound.