apocope

Meaning

apocope (loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word)

Concepts

apocope

apocopation

Opposite of

paragoge

Synonyms

woordafkorting

abissio

Translations

apocope

apócope

Apokope

apocope

apócope

troncamento

apòcope

apòcope

apócoque

Absissio

Abissio

Abscissio

Abscisio

Pronounced as (IPA)

/aːpoːˈkoːp(ə)/

Etymology

First attested in 1550. Learned borrowing from Late Latin apocopē, derived from Ancient Greek ἀποκοπή (apokopḗ), ἀποκόπτω (apokóptō, “to cut off, to hew”).