apocope
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English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin apocopē, from Ancient Greek ἀποκοπή (apokopḗ), ἀποκόπτω (apokóptō, “cut off”).
Pronunciation
Noun
apocope (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
Related terms
Translations
loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word
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Further reading
French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀποκοπή (apokopḗ).
Noun
apocope f (plural apocopes)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
apocope
- inflection of apocoper:
Further reading
- “apocope”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀποκοπή (apokopḗ).
Pronunciation
Noun
apocope f (plural apocopi)
Related terms
Portuguese
Verb
apocope
- inflection of apocopar:
Spanish
Verb
apocope
- inflection of apocopar:
Categories:
- 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 lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Phonetics
- en:Prosody
- 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
- Portuguese non-lemma forms
- Portuguese verb forms
- Spanish non-lemma forms
- Spanish verb forms