apocope

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (countable, uncountable) The loss or omission of the last vowel in a word, together with any consonants that follow it.
2. (broadly, countable, uncountable) The loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word.

Teenoorgestelde van

paragoge, procope

Sinonieme

abruption

abscission

apocopation

recision

severance

apocopate

amputation

Vertalings

apocope

apócope

apocope

apócope

Apokope

apòcope

troncamento

apocope

αποκοπή

woordafkorting

abissio

Apócope

apócoque

apokop

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/əˈpɒ.kə.pi/

Etimologie (Engels)

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