apocope

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
16
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/əˈpɒ.kə.pi/
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/əˈpɒ.kə.pi/ · /əˈpɑ.kə.pi/

Definition of apocope

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The loss or omission of the last vowel in a word, together with any consonants that follow it.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The loss or omission of the last vowel in a word, together with any consonants that follow it.
  2. (broadly, countable, uncountable)The loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word.

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Etymology

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

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