different between apocopation vs apocopate

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek ??? (apó, “from, away from”) + ????? (kópt?, “to cut”)

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??p?k??pe???n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??p?k??pe???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: apoc?o?pa?tion

Noun

apocopation (plural apocopations)

1. (linguistics) A word formed by removing the end of a longer word

Related terms

• apocopate (verb or adjective)
• apocope (noun)
• apocopic (adjective)

See also

• abbreviation
• acronym
• contraction
• initialism
• synaeresis

English

Etymology

From Latin apocop?tus (“cut off”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (apokópt?, “cut off”).

Adjective

apocopate (not comparable)

1. Shortened by apocope; lacking a final sound or syllable
2. (grammar, Arabic language) jussive

Synonyms

• (shortened by apocope): apocopic, clipped, shortened, abbreviated

Translations

Verb

apocopate (third-person singular simple present apocopates, present participle apocopating, simple past and past participle apocopated)

1. (linguistics) To shorten using apocope; to remove the final sound or syllable.
2. (linguistics, intransitive) To undergo apocope.

Related terms

• apocopation
• apocope
• apocopic

Translations

Italian

Verb

apocopate

1. second-person plural present indicative of apocopare
2. second-person plural imperative of apocopare
3. feminine plural of apocopato