apocopate

English

Etymology

From Latin apocopātus (“cut off”), from Ancient Greek ἀποκόπτω (apokóptō, “cut off”).

Adjective

apocopate (not comparable)

1. Shortened by apocope; lacking a final sound or syllable

Synonyms

• (shortened by apocope): apocopic, clipped, shortened, abbreviated

Translations

shortened by apocope

• French: apocopé (fr)
• German: apokopiert
• Italian: apocopato (it)
• Latin: apocopatus
• Portuguese: apocopado (pt)
• Spanish: apocopado (es)

Verb

apocopate (third-person singular simple present apocopates, present participle apocopating, simple past and past participle apocopated)

1. (linguistics) To shorten using apocope; to remove the final sound or syllable.
   • 1904, Robert Sterling, A Grammar of the Arabic Language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co, →OCLC, page 229:

     The particles which apocopate the final vowel of the aorist are of two kinds: I. Those which apocopate the final vowel of one verb only. II. Those which apocopate the final vowel of two verbs.

2. (linguistics, intransitive) To undergo apocope.
   • 1999, The Best Test Preparation for the SAT II, Subject Test: Spanish, Piscataway, NJ: Research & Education Association, →ISBN, page R-195:

     "Ciento" apocopates to "cien" before nouns or numbers larger than itself.

Related terms

• apocopation
• apocope
• apocopic

Translations

shorten using apocope

• French: apocoper (fr)
• Italian: apocopare (it)
• Portuguese: apocopar (pt)
• Spanish: apocopar (es)
• Swedish: apokopera (sv)

Noun

apocopate (uncountable)

1. A verb form of the prefix conjugation in Semitic which bears no final vowel and is considered the original perfective, but often called jussive mood.

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

apocopate

1. inflection of apocopare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

apocopate f pl

1. feminine plural of apocopato

Spanish

Verb

apocopate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of apocopar combined with te