apocope

apocope

See also: apócope and apocopé

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈpɒ.kə.pi/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /əˈpɑ.kə.pi/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Hyphenation: a‧po‧co‧pe

Noun

apocope (countable and uncountable, plural apocopes)

  1. (phonetics, prosody, strictly) The loss or omission of the last vowel in a word, together with any consonants that follow it.
    Antonym: paragoge
    Hypernym: clipping
    Coordinate terms: apheresis, syncope
  2. (loosely) The loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word.
    Antonym: procope

Translations

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

First attested in 1550.[1] Learned borrowing from Late Latin apocopē, derived from Ancient Greek ἀποκοπή (apokopḗ), ἀποκόπτω (apokóptō, to cut off, to hew).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aːpoːˈkoːp(ə)/, /aːˈpoː.koː.peː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: apo‧co‧pe

Noun

apocope f (plural apocope's or apocopen or apocopes, no diminutive)

  1. (linguistics) apocope (loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word)
    Antonym: paragoge
    Hypernym: metaplasma

Derived terms

  • apocoperen
  • apocopisch

References

  1. ^ "apocope" in: Sijs, Nicoline van Der. Chronologisch woordenboek. De ouderdom en herkomst van onze woorden en betekenissen. 2. ed., Amsterdam—Antwerpen: Veen, 2002; on website dbnl.org; →ISBN
  2. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “apocope”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀποκοπή (apokopḗ).

    Noun

    apocope f (plural apocopes)

    1. (phonetics) apocope
      Antonyms: syncope, aphérèse
    Derived terms

    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

    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

      Latin

      Etymology

      Derived from Ancient Greek ἀποκοπή (apokopḗ), ἀποκόπτω (apokóptō, cut off).

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      apocopē f (genitive apocopēs); first declension

      1. apocope (loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word)

      Declension

      First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in ).

      singular plural
      nominative apocopē apocopae
      genitive apocopēs apocopārum
      dative apocopae apocopīs
      accusative apocopēn apocopās
      ablative apocopē apocopīs
      vocative apocopē apocopae

      References

      Portuguese

      Pronunciation

       

      • Hyphenation: a‧pó‧co‧pe

      Verb

      apocope

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

      Spanish

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /apoˈkope/ [a.poˈko.pe]
      • Rhymes: -ope
      • Syllabification: a‧po‧co‧pe

      Verb

      apocope

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