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Definition of apocope in English: apocopenoun əˈpɒkəpiəˈpäkəpē mass nounLinguistics Omission of the final sound of a word, as when cup of tea is pronounced as cuppa tea. Example sentencesExamples - The phrase joins two apocopes, a figure that kills the last part of a word.
- Cross-linguistically, vowels that undergo apocope usually follow the stressed syllable; apocope in Greek, however, often appears to occur in vowels that precede accented syllables.
- In these dialects many words end in a consonant but they cannot be seen as an apocope of an Italian word.
- In literature apocope is confined to poetry, but in the prose inscriptions of the dialects it is frequent.
- He was employing a figure of speech, the apocope, which snips off the last part of a word.
Synonyms leaving out, exclusion, exception, non-inclusion, deletion, erasure, cut, excision, elimination, absence
Origin Mid 16th century: from late Latin, from Greek apokoptein 'cut off', from apo- 'from' + koptein 'to cut'. Definition of apocope in US English: apocopenounəˈpäkəpē Linguistics The loss of a sound or sounds at the end of a word, e.g., in the derivation of curio from curiosity. Example sentencesExamples - He was employing a figure of speech, the apocope, which snips off the last part of a word.
- Cross-linguistically, vowels that undergo apocope usually follow the stressed syllable; apocope in Greek, however, often appears to occur in vowels that precede accented syllables.
- In literature apocope is confined to poetry, but in the prose inscriptions of the dialects it is frequent.
- The phrase joins two apocopes, a figure that kills the last part of a word.
- In these dialects many words end in a consonant but they cannot be seen as an apocope of an Italian word.
Synonyms leaving out, exclusion, exception, non-inclusion, deletion, erasure, cut, excision, elimination, absence
Origin Mid 16th century: from late Latin, from Greek apokoptein ‘cut off’, from apo- ‘from’ + koptein ‘to cut’. |