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Apocope

//əˈpɒ.kə.pi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The loss or omission of the last vowel in a word, together with any consonants that follow it. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds wordnet
  3. 3
    The loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word. broadly, countable, uncountable

Etymology

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

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