apócope

See also: apocope and apocopé

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin apocŏpe, from Ancient Greek ἀποκοπή (apokopḗ), ἀποκόπτω (apokóptō, “cut off”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈpɔ.ko.pi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈpɔ.ko.pi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈpɔ.ko.pe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈpɔ.ku.pɨ/

• Hyphenation: a‧pó‧co‧pe

Noun

apócope f (plural apócopes)

1. (prosody, phonetics) apocope (loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word)

Related terms

• apocopar
• apocópico

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin apocŏpe, from Ancient Greek ἀποκοπή (apokopḗ), ἀποκόπτω (apokóptō, “cut off”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈpokope/ [aˈpo.ko.pe]
• Rhymes: -okope
• Syllabification: a‧pó‧co‧pe

Noun

apócope f (plural apócopes)

1. apocope

Related terms

• apocopar

 

Further reading

• “apócope”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014