Apocope

Word APOCOPE
Character 7
Hyphenation a poc o pe
Pronunciations /əˈpɒ.kə.pi/

Definitions and meanings of "Apocope"

What do we mean by apocope?

The loss of one or more sounds from the end of a word, as in Modern English sing from Middle English singen. noun

In grammar, the cutting off or omission of the last letter or syllable of a word, as in th' for the, i' for in. noun

In surgery, a wound with loss of substance; ablation; amputation. noun

capitalized NL. In zoology, a genus of plec-tospondylous fishes, of the family Cyprinidæ. It contains several species of western North America, such as A. couesi. E. D. Cope, 1871. noun

The cutting off, or omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word. noun

A cutting off; abscission. noun

The loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word. noun

Abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds noun

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

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

Shortening a word. (usually by removing the final syllable) Origin: Spanish language Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Apocope

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The word "apocope" in example sentences

'apocope' of the final 'us', Taylor is supported by 'honest' and ❋ Henry Nelson Coleridge (1820)

Please read on Estonian apocope as but one example showing the falsity of your beliefs since regardless of vocal height, surely these differing vowels converged before being zeroed. ❋ Unknown (2009)

For instance, in the prehistory of Modern Persian, apocope introduced word-final clusters of obstruent or nasal + r. ❋ Unknown (2008)

But siccing apocope on (C)VCV, (C)VC should be an acceptable outcome, if coda consonants count as moraic. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Berlin, Mouton de Gruyter. p.24 see link: Since only word-internal tense plosives were preglottalized, the Old Danish apocope produced such pairs as WJut. kat - kat' 'cat - cats' kat - kaʔt corresponding to St. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Tropylium: "Wait, I realize now having misunderstood somewhat; you're not trying to trigger gemination by apocope, but by reduction." ❋ Unknown (2008)

Wait, I realize now having misunderstood somewhat; you're not trying to trigger gemination by apocope, but by reduction. ❋ Unknown (2008)

He had even taken to exaggerating the natural apocope of his speech, because it made him seem less like someone who would work in computers. ❋ Bob Ingersoll (2004)

In these dialects many words end in a consonant but they cannot be seen as an apocope of an Italian word. ❋ Unknown (2004)

The final vowel, suffering apocope, would leave “Zarabt” equally applicable to the first person singular and the second person singular masculine. ❋ Unknown (2003)

The traveller will hear in every part of Arabia that some distant tribe preserves the linguistic purity of its ancestors, uses final vowels with the noun, and rejects the addition of the pronoun which apocope in the verb now renders necessary. 45 But I greatly doubt the existence of such a race of philologists. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Does not the final 'y' of 'tawny' suppose an apostrophe and apocope? ❋ Unknown (1907)

The God of light, Orus, was often styled Az-El; whence we meet with many places named Azelis, Azilis, Azila, and by apocope, Zelis, Zela, and Zeleia. ❋ Jacob Bryant (1759)

It is often compounded with El and Il; and many places were from thence denominated Alesia, Elysa, Eleusa, Halesus, Elysus, Eleusis, by apocope ❋ Jacob Bryant (1759)

היה [HIH] is the imperfect tense of the verb To BE, of which יהיה [HIHI] is the present; אהי [AHI -- א being the personal pronoun "I" affixed] the first person, by apocope; and יהי [IHI] the third. ❋ Albert Pike (1850)

"Grande" is apocopated to "[Gran]" when before a [singular noun] in the spanish language. [Internal Portmanteau] is an example of apocopation. ❋ JWBPhayz (2009)

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