apocopation
English
Etymology
Ancient Greek ἀπό (apó, “from, away from”) + κόπτω (kóptō, “to cut”)
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /əˌpɑkəˈpeɪʃən/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˌpɒkəˈpeɪʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: apoc‧o‧pa‧tion
Noun
apocopation (plural apocopations)
- (linguistics) A word formed by removing the end of a longer word
Related terms
- apocopate (verb or adjective)
- apocope (noun)
- apocopic (adjective)
See also
- abbreviation
- acronym
- contraction
- initialism
- synaeresis