Wiktionary

apocope

See also: apócope and apocopé

English

edit

Etymology

edit

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

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): /əˈpɒ.kə.pi/
  • Hyphenation: a‧po‧co‧pe

Noun

edit

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
edit

Translations

edit

Further reading

edit

French

edit

Pronunciation

edit

Etymology 1

edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀποκοπή (apokopḗ).

Noun

edit

apocope f (plural apocopes)

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

Etymology 2

edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

edit

apocope

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

Further reading

edit

Italian

edit

Etymology

edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀποκοπή (apokopḗ).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

edit

apocope f (plural apocopi)

  1. apocope
  2. amputation
edit

Portuguese

edit

Verb

edit

apocope

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

Spanish

edit

Verb

edit

apocope

  1. inflection of apocopar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=apocope&oldid=80877768"