apócope

Borrowed from Late Latin apocŏpe, from Ancient Greek ἀποκοπή (apokopḗ), ἀποκόπτω (apokóptō, “cut off”).

• IPA^(key): /aˈpɔkope/ [aˈpɔ.ko.pɪ]
• Rhymes: -ɔkope
• Hyphenation: a‧pó‧co‧pe

apócope f (plural apócopes)

1. (prosody, phonetics) apocope (loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word)

Borrowed from Late Latin apocŏpe, from Ancient Greek ἀποκοπή (apokopḗ), ἀποκόπτω (apokóptō, “cut off”).

• Hyphenation: a‧pó‧co‧pe

apócope f (plural apócopes)

1. (prosody, phonetics) apocope (loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word)

• apocopar
• apocópico

• “apócope”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “apócope”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from Late Latin apocŏpe, from Ancient Greek ἀποκοπή (apokopḗ), ἀποκόπτω (apokóptō, “cut off”).

• IPA^(key): /aˈpokope/ [aˈpo.ko.pe]
• Rhymes: -okope
• Syllabification: a‧pó‧co‧pe

apócope f (plural apócopes)

1. (prosody, phonetics) apocope (loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word)

• “apócope”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025