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apocope

See also: apócope and apocopé

English

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Late Latin apocopē, derived from Ancient Greek ἀποκοπή (apokopḗ), ἀποκόπτω (apokóptō, “cut off”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /əˈpɒ.kə.pi/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Hyphenation: a‧po‧co‧pe

Noun

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apocope (countable and uncountable, plural apocopes)

  1. (phonetics, prosody, strictly) The loss or omission of the last vowel in a word, together with any consonants that follow it.
    Antonym: paragoge
    Hypernym: clipping
    Coordinate terms: apheresis, syncope
  2. (loosely) The loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word.
    Antonym: procope
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Dutch

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Etymology

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First attested in 1550.[1] Learned borrowing from Late Latin apocopē, derived from Ancient Greek ἀποκοπή (apokopḗ), ἀποκόπτω (apokóptō, “to cut off, to hew”).[2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aːpoːˈkoːp(ə)/, /aːˈpoː.koː.peː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: apo‧co‧pe

Noun

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apocope f (plural apocope's or apocopen or apocopes)

  1. (linguistics) apocope (loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word)
    Antonym: paragoge
    Hypernym: metaplasma

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ "apocope" in: Sijs, Nicoline van Der. Chronologisch woordenboek. De ouderdom en herkomst van onze woorden en betekenissen. 2. ed., Amsterdam—Antwerpen: Veen, 2002; on website dbnl.org; →ISBN
  2. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “apocope”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a.pɔ.kɔp/
  • Hyphenation: a‧po‧cope

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀποκοπή (apokopḗ).

Noun

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apocope f (plural apocopes)

  1. (phonetics) apocope
    Antonyms: syncope, aphérèse
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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apocope

  1. inflection of apocoper:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀποκοπή (apokopḗ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aˈpɔ.ko.pe/
  • Rhymes: -ɔkope
  • Hyphenation: a‧pò‧co‧pe

Noun

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apocope f (plural apocopi)

  1. apocope
  2. amputation
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Latin

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Etymology

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Derived from Ancient Greek ἀποκοπή (apokopḗ), ἀποκόπτω (apokóptō, “cut off”).

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Noun

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apocopē f (genitive apocopēs); first declension

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

Declension

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First-declension noun (Greek-type).

singular plural
nominative apocopē apocopae
genitive apocopēs apocopārum
dative apocopae apocopīs
accusative apocopēn apocopās
ablative apocopē apocopīs
vocative apocopē apocopae

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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: a‧pó‧co‧pe

Verb

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apocope

  1. inflection of apocopar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /apoˈkope/ [a.poˈko.pe]
  • Rhymes: -ope
  • Syllabification: a‧po‧co‧pe

Verb

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apocope

  1. inflection of apocopar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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