Hyphenation
trun·cateTurkish pronunciation
trʌngkeytSynonyms
round down,
abbreviate,
abridge,
clip,
crop,
curtail,
cut,
cut off,
cut short,
lop,
pare,
prune,
shear,
top,
trimPronunciation
/ˈtrəɴɢˌkāt/ /ˈtrʌŋˌkeɪt/
Etymology
[ 'tr&[ng]-"kAt, 'tr&n- ] (adjective.) 1716. From Latin truncātus, perfect passive participle of truncō (“maim, reduce to a trunk”); see trunk as a verb.