# apocope
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /əˈpɒ.kə.pi/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Hyphenation: a‧po‧co‧pe

### Noun

apocope (countable and uncountable, plural apocopes)
* (phonetics, prosody, strictly) The loss or omission of the last vowel in a word, together with any consonants that follow it.
    Antonym: paragoge
    Hypernym: clipping
    Coordinate terms: apheresis, syncope
* (loosely) The loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word.
    Antonym: procope

#### Related terms

* apocopate
* apocopation
* apocopic

#### Translations
### Further reading

* apocope on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Dutch
### Etymology

First attested in 1550. Learned borrowing from Late Latin apocopē, derived from Ancient Greek ἀποκοπή (apokopḗ), ἀποκόπτω (apokóptō, “to cut off, to hew”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aːpoːˈkoːp(ə)/, /aːˈpoː.koː.peː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: apo‧co‧pe

### Noun

apocope f (plural apocope's or apocopen or apocopes)
* (linguistics) apocope (loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word)
    Antonym: paragoge
    Hypernym: metaplasma

### Derived terms

* apocoperen
* apocopisch

### Related terms

* aferesis
* procope
* syncope

### References

* ↑ "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
* ↑ apocope on website: Etymologiebank.nl.

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.pɔ.kɔp/
* Hyphenation: a‧po‧cope

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀποκοπή (apokopḗ).

#### Noun

apocope f (plural apocopes)
* (phonetics) apocope
    Antonyms: syncope, aphérèse

##### Derived terms

* apocoper

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

apocope
* inflection of apocoper:
** first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “apocope”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀποκοπή (apokopḗ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈpɔ.ko.pe/
* Rhymes: -ɔkope
* Hyphenation: a‧pò‧co‧pe

### Noun

apocope f (plural apocopi)
* apocope
* amputation

#### Related terms

* apocopare

## Latin
### Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek ἀποκοπή (apokopḗ), ἀποκόπτω (apokóptō, “cut off”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /aˈpo.ko.peː/, [äˈpɔkɔpeː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /aˈpo.ko.pe/, [äˈpɔːkope]
* Hyphenation: a‧po‧co‧pē

### Noun

apocopē f (genitive apocopēs); first declension
* apocope (loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word)

#### Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

### References

* “apocope”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈpɔ.ko.pi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈpɔ.ko.pi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /aˈpɔ.ko.pe/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈpɔ.ku.pɨ/
* Hyphenation: a‧pó‧co‧pe

### Verb

apocope
* inflection of apocopar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /apoˈkope/ [a.poˈko.pe]
* Rhymes: -ope
* Syllabification: a‧po‧co‧pe

### Verb

apocope
* inflection of apocopar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative