Learned borrowing fromLate Latin apocopē derived fromAncient Greek ἀποκοπή ( apokopḗ ) ,ἀποκόπτω ( apokóptō ,“ cut off ” ) .
apocope (countable anduncountable plural apocopes
( phonetics , prosody , strictly ) Antonym: paragoge Hypernym: clipping Coordinate terms: apheresis syncope ( loosely ) omission of asound orsyllable from the end of aword .Antonym: procope loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word
First attested in 1550.[ 1] Learned borrowing fromLate Latin apocopē derived fromAncient Greek ἀποκοπή ( apokopḗ ) ,ἀποκόπτω ( apokóptō ,“ to cut off, to hew ” ) .[ 2]
IPA (key ) : /aːpoːˈkoːp(ə)/ ,/aːˈpoː.koː.peː/ Hyphenation:apo‧co‧pe apocope f plural apocope's or apocopen or apocopes nodiminutive )
( linguistics ) apocope ( loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word ) Antonym: paragoge Hypernym: metaplasma ^ "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 ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline , editor (2010 ), “apocope ”, inEtymologiebank , Meertens InstituteIPA (key ) : /a.pɔ.kɔp/ Hyphenation:a‧po‧cope Borrowed fromAncient Greek ἀποκοπή ( apokopḗ ) .
apocope f plural apocopes
( phonetics ) apocope Antonyms: syncope aphérèse See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
apocope
inflection ofapocoper first / third-person singular present indicative / subjunctive second-person singular imperative Borrowed fromAncient Greek ἀποκοπή ( apokopḗ ) .
apocope f plural apocopi
apocope amputation Derived fromAncient Greek ἀποκοπή ( apokopḗ ) ,ἀποκόπτω ( apokóptō ,“ cut off ” ) .
apocopē f genitive apocopēs first declension
apocope ( loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word ) First-declension noun (Greek-type).
apocope
inflection ofapocopar first / third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative IPA (key ) : /apoˈkope/ [a.poˈko.pe] Rhymes:-ope Syllabification:a‧po‧co‧pe apocope
inflection ofapocopar first / third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative 
