apocope

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See also: apócope and apocopé

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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Further reading

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀποκοπή (apokopḗ).

Noun

apocope f (plural apocopes)

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

apocope

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

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀποκοπή (apokopḗ).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

apocope f (plural apocopi)

  1. apocope
  2. amputation

Portuguese

Verb

apocope

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

Spanish

Verb

apocope

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