apocope

English - Turkish

Definition of apocope in English Turkish dictionary

kelime sonundan bir veya birkaç harfi kaldırma

{i} apokop

{i} son hecenin kaldırılması

sonses düşmesi

English - English

Definition of apocope in English English dictionary

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

abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds; "the British get `pud' from `pudding' by apocope"

loss of the final portion of a word For example, info from information; cinema from cinematograph See also: aphaeresis

The loss of a final vowel e g , ME helpe > ModE help, NHG dem Tage > dem Tag See also syncope and aphaeresis

Deleting a syllable or letter from the end of a word In The Merchant of Venice, one character says, "when I ope my lips let no dog bark," and the last syllable of open falls away into ope before the reader's eyes (1 1 93-94) In Troilus and Cressida, Shakespeare proclaims, "If I might in entreaties find success--/ As seld I have the chance--I would desire / My famous cousin to our Grecian tents" (4 5 148) Here the word seldom becomes seld Apocope is an example of a rhetorical scheme

the omission of the last syllable of a word See also Aphesis

A type of elision in which a letter or syllable is omitted at the end of a word, as in morn for morning (Compare Aphaeresis, Syncope, Synaeresis, Synaloepha)

A cutting off; abscission

abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds; "the British get `pud' from `pudding' by apocope

{i} removal of the last letter in a word, removal of the last syllable in a word

The cutting off, or omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word

Hyphenation

a·po·co·pe

Etymology

[ &-'pä-k&-(")pE ] (noun.) circa 1550. From Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀποκοπή (apokopḗ), ἀποκόπτω (apokóptō, “cut off”).