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English
Etymology
From Latin apocopātus (“cut off”), from Ancient Greek ἀποκόπτω (apokóptō, “cut off”).
Adjective
apocopate (not comparable)
- Shortened by apocope; lacking a final sound or syllable
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Translations
Verb
apocopate (third-person singular simple present apocopates, present participle apocopating, simple past and past participle apocopated)
- (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.
- (linguistics, intransitive) To undergo apocope.
1999, Gene Hammitt, Ricardo Gutiérrez Mouat, William Stivers, 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.
Translations
Noun
apocopate (uncountable)
- 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
- inflection of apocopare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Etymology 2
Participle
apocopate f pl
- feminine plural of apocopato
Spanish
Verb
apocopate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of apocopar combined with te