apocope

apocope

See also: apócope and apocopé

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧po‧co‧pe
• IPA^(key): /əˈpɒ.kə.pi/

Noun

apocope (plural apocopes)

1. (phonetics, prosody, narrow sense) The loss or omission of the last vowel in a word, together with any consonants that follow it.

   Coordinate terms: apheresis, paragoge, syncope

2. (loosely) The loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word.

   Antonym: procope

Related terms

• apocopate
• apocopation
• apocopic

Translations

loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word

Breton: losttroc'h m Chinese: Mandarin: 字尾音消失 (zìwěiyīn xiāoshī) Danish: apokope c Dutch: apocope (nl) Esperanto: apokopo Finnish: loppuheitto, apokopee French: apocope (fr) f Galician: apócope (gl) f German: Apokope (de) f Greek: αποκοπή (el) f (apokopí) Ancient: ἀποκοπή f (apokopḗ) Hungarian: szórövidülés (hu), apokopé Icelandic: brottfall (is) n Irish: coimriú deiridh m Italian: apocope (it) Japanese: 語末音消失 (gomatu-on-syôsitu) Occitan: apocòpa f Polish: apokopa (pl) f Portuguese: apócope (pt) f Russian: апоко́па (ru) f (apokópa) Spanish: apócope (es) f Swedish: apokope (sv) c Turkish: apokop Welsh: ôl-doriad m

Further reading

• apocope on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.pɔ.kɔp/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀποκοπή (apokopḗ).

Noun

apocope f (plural apocopes)

1. (phonetics) apocope

   Antonyms: syncope, aphérèse

Derived terms

• apocoper

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

apocope

1. inflection of apocoper:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “apocope”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀποκοπή (apokopḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈpɔ.ko.pe/
• Rhymes: -ɔkope
• Hyphenation: a‧pò‧co‧pe

Noun

apocope f (plural apocopi)

1. apocope
2. amputation

Related terms

• apocopare

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Spanish

Verb

apocope

1. inflection of apocopar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative