Definition of Apocope. Meaning of Apocope. Synonyms of Apocope

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Definition of Apocope

Apocope
Apocope A*poc"o*pe, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? a cutting off, fr. ? to cut off; ? from + ? to cut.] 1. The cutting off, or omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word. 2. (Med.) A cutting off; abscission.

Meaning of Apocope from wikipedia

- In phonology, apocope (/əˈpɒkəpi/) is the loss (elision) of a word-final vowel. In a broader sense, the term can refer to the loss of any final sound...
- Rhine Franconian dialects, Palatine German has e-apocope (i.e. loss of earlier final -e), n-apocope (i.e. loss of earlier final n in the suffix -en) and...
- to eliminate final consonants in Vulgar Latin, either by dropping them (apocope) or adding a vowel after them (epenthesis). Many final consonants were...
- sometimes jokingly pronounced haplogy. Elision, aphaeresis, syncope, and apocope: All are losses of sounds. Elision is the loss of unstressed sounds, aphaeresis...
- an original heavy syllable, the final vowel is often reduced or lost (apocope). The former is common in southern Norrland dialects, as in the infinitive...
- Macanese patois (endonym: Patuá) is a Portuguese-based creole language with a substrate from Cantonese, Malay and Sinhala, which was originally spoken...
- mainly consists of the following types: Final clipping, which may include apocope Initial clipping, which may include apheresis, or procope Medial clipping...
- Spanish adjectives are similar to those in most other Indo-European languages. They are generally postpositive, and they agree in both gender and number...
- ending there at all. This was caused by a sound change called high vowel apocope, which occurred in the prehistory of Old English. Short -i and -u disappeared...
- sixth century CE. It is marked by the loss of Brittonic final syllables (apocope) and the eventual loss of compositional vowels in compound words (syncope)...