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apocope

/əˈpɒ.kə.pi/ UK
/əˈpɑ.kə.pi/ US

Where it comes from

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

noun apocopes

countable, uncountable The loss or omission of the last vowel in a word, together with any consonants that follow it.
Opposite: paragoge
broadly, countable, uncountable The loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word.
Opposite: procope

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noun loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word

Español	apócope, apócopa
한국어	어미 생략 eomi saenglyag
日本語	語尾音消失 gobionshōshitsu, 語末音消失 gomatsuon shōshitsu
中文	字尾音消失 zìwěiyīn xiāoshī
Português	apócope
Français	apocope
Deutsch	Apokope
Italiano	apocope
Ελληνικά	αποκοπή apokopí
Русский	апоко́па apokópa

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MLA

"apocope." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/apocope. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

apocope. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/apocope

Chicago

"apocope." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/apocope.

BibTeX

@misc{apocope_2026,
  title = {apocope},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/apocope},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}