apocope

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The loss or omission of the last vowel in a word, together with any consonants that follow it.
The loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word.

/əˈpɒ.kə.pi/ /əˈpɑ.kə.pi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-apocope.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Byrhtnoð-apocope.wav

apocope apocopes

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

paragoge procope

apocopate apocopated apocopation apocopic

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