- 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 (including...
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certain members of the
clergy in the
Catholic Church.
Monsignor is the
apocopic form of the
Italian monsignore,
meaning "my lord". "Monsignor" can be abbreviated...
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number of
adjectives have
apocopic forms:
forms in
which the
final sound or two is
dropped in
certain environments. They are:
Apocopic forms are used even when...
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revolutionary and
Soviet politician of
Armenian origin (here, the name is an
apocopic form of Avetis) Avis Red Bear,
American journalist Avis
Tucker (1915–2010)...
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Fjordane and Møre og Romsdal,
southern counties, and a few
other areas.
Apocopic infinitive,
where no
vowel is
added to the
infinitive form, e.g., å vær...
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function words (time words,
indefinite article, etc.) may
sometimes have
apocopic or
aphetic forms. For example, abrí unga
janela ("open a window") may become...
- benpensante,
meaning "conformist". In turn, such word is
composed by ben – an
apocopic form of bene,
meaning "well, good, right", and
pensante ("thinking one")...
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comes from
stories of a
dragon that
appeared there. From
Italian val,
apocopic form of
valle ("valley") +
dragone ("dragon"). Rattini, Maurizio; Venturini...
- English).
Feminine rhymes are
generally preferred over
masculine rhymes.
Apocopic forms (uom for uomo, amor for amore) and
contractions (spirto for spirito)...
- apostrophe. For example: ch'al séppa, s'a l savêva, l'ôca, lî l'é, sått'âcua (
apocopic forms of che, se, la, la, såtta). However, if the
vowel is
located at the...
