单词 | apocope |
释义 | apocope/əˈpɒkəpi /noun [mass noun] Linguistics Omission of the final sound of a word, as when cup of tea is pronounced as cuppa tea.In these dialects many words end in a consonant but they cannot be seen as an apocope of an Italian word....
OriginMid 16th century: from late Latin, from Greek apokoptein 'cut off', from apo- 'from' + koptein 'to cut'. |
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