apocope
English
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Late Latin apocopē, derived from Ancient Greek ἀποκοπή (apokopḗ), ἀποκόπτω (apokóptō, “cut off”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /əˈpɒ.kə.pi/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Hyphenation: a‧po‧co‧pe
Noun
editapocope (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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Further reading
editDutch
editEtymology
editFirst 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
editNoun
editapocope f (plural apocope's or apocopen or apocopes)
- (linguistics) apocope (loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word)
- Antonym: paragoge
- Hypernym: metaplasma
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
editFrench
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek ἀποκοπή (apokopḗ).
Noun
editapocope f (plural apocopes)
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editapocope
- inflection of apocoper:
Further reading
edit- “apocope”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek ἀποκοπή (apokopḗ).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editapocope f (plural apocopi)
Related terms
editLatin
editEtymology
editDerived from Ancient Greek ἀποκοπή (apokopḗ), ἀποκόπτω (apokóptō, “cut off”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈpɔ.kɔ.peː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈpɔː.ko.pe]
- Hyphenation: a‧po‧co‧pē
Noun
editapocopē f (genitive apocopēs); first declension
- apocope (loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word)
Declension
editFirst-declension noun (Greek-type).
singular | plural | |
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nominative | apocopē | apocopae |
genitive | apocopēs | apocopārum |
dative | apocopae | apocopīs |
accusative | apocopēn | apocopās |
ablative | apocopē | apocopīs |
vocative | apocopē | apocopae |
References
edit- “apocope”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Portuguese
editPronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: a‧pó‧co‧pe
Verb
editapocope
- inflection of apocopar:
Spanish
editPronunciation
editVerb
editapocope
- inflection of apocopar:
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)kep-
- English terms borrowed from Late Latin
- English learned borrowings from Late Latin
- English terms derived from Late Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English 4-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Phonetics
- en:Prosody
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Dutch terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)kep-
- Dutch terms borrowed from Late Latin
- Dutch learned borrowings from Late Latin
- Dutch terms derived from Late Latin
- Dutch terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch feminine nouns
- nl:Linguistics
- French 3-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- French terms derived from Ancient Greek
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French feminine nouns
- fr:Phonetics
- French non-lemma forms
- French verb forms
- Italian terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Italian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Italian 4-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ɔkope
- Rhymes:Italian/ɔkope/4 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin first declension nouns
- Latin feminine nouns in the first declension
- Latin feminine nouns
- Portuguese 4-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese non-lemma forms
- Portuguese verb forms
- Spanish 4-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/ope
- Rhymes:Spanish/ope/4 syllables
- Spanish non-lemma forms
- Spanish verb forms