apocope
English edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Late Latin apocopē, from Ancient Greek ἀποκοπή (apokopḗ), ἀποκόπτω (apokóptō, “cut off”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
apocope (countable and uncountable, plural apocopes)
- (phonetics, prosody, strictly) The loss or omission of the last vowel in a word, together with any consonants that follow it.
- (loosely) The loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word.
- Antonym: procope
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Translations edit
loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word
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Further reading edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀποκοπή (apokopḗ).
Noun edit
apocope f (plural apocopes)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
apocope
- inflection of apocoper:
Further reading edit
- “apocope”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀποκοπή (apokopḗ).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
apocope f (plural apocopi)
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Portuguese edit
Verb edit
apocope
- inflection of apocopar:
Spanish edit
Verb edit
apocope
- inflection of apocopar: