troncation
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
troncation f (plural troncations)
- (linguistics) clipping
- (linguistics) disfixation, back-formation
- Synonyms: dérivation inverse, dérivation régressive, rétroformation
Further reading edit
- “troncation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.