apocope
nounUK /əˈpɒ.kə.pi/ · US /əˈpɑ.kə.pi/
Etymology Learned borrowing from Late Latin apocopē, derived from Ancient Greek ἀποκοπή (apokopḗ), ἀποκόπτω (apokóptō, “cut off”).
1
Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonetics, Phonology, Prosody, Sciences The loss or omission of the last vowel in a word, together with any consonants that follow it.
2
Broadly The loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word.
- Related terms
- apocopate, apocopated, apocopation, apocopic