Dictionary

apocope en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /əˈpɑ.kə.pi/ (General-American)
• /əˈpɒ.kə.pi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (countable, qualifier:strictly, 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.

Forms

Antonyms

procope · paragoge

Coordinates

apheresis · syncope

Hypernyms

clipping

Relateds

apocopate · apocopated · apocopation · apocopic

Translations (34)

bg апоко́п (loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word) · ru апоко́па (loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word) · fr apocope (loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word) · pl apokopa (loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word) · cy ôl-doriad (loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word) · ca apòcope (loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word) · cmn 字尾音消失 (loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word) · da apokope (loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word) · hu apokopé (loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word) · fi loppuheitto (loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word) · ga coimriú deiridh (loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word) · oc apocòpa (loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word) · ja 語末音消失 (loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word) · grc ἀποκοπή (loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word) · eo apokopo (loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word) · pt apócope (loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word) · ja 語尾音消失 (loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word) · it apocope (loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word) · nl apocope (loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word) · el αποκοπή (loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word) · sk akopoka (loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word) · cs akopoka (loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word) · gl apócope (loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word) · es apócopa (loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word) · es apócope (loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word) · ko 어미 생략 (loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word) · br losttroc'h (loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word) · mk апо́копа (loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word) · tr apokop (loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word) · de Apokope (loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word) · sv apokope (loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word) · fi apokopee (loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word) · is brottfall (loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word) · hu szórövidülés (loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word)