apocope

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

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

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

• apocopate
• apocopation
• apocopic

• IPA^(key): /a.pɔ.kɔp/

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀποκοπή (apokopḗ).

apocope f (plural apocopes)

1. (phonetics) apocope

   Antonyms: syncope, aphérèse

• apocoper

See the etymology of the main entry.

apocope

1. first-person singular present indicative of apocoper
2. third-person singular present indicative of apocoper
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of apocoper
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of apocoper
5. second-person singular imperative of apocoper

• “apocope” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀποκοπή (apokopḗ).

apocope f (plural apocopi)

1. apocope
2. amputation

• apocopare

apocope

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of apocopar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of apocopar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of apocopar.