different between apocope vs metaplasm

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a?po?co?pe
• IPA^(key): /?.?p?.k?.pi/

Noun

apocope (plural apocopes)

1. (phonetics, prosody, narrow sense) The loss or omission of the last vowel in a word, together with any consonants that follow it.

   Coordinate terms: apheresis, paragoge, syncope

2. (loosely) The loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word.

   Antonym: procope

Related terms

• apocopate
• apocopation
• apocopic

Translations

Further reading

• apocope on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.p?.k?p/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ??????? (apokop?).

Noun

apocope f (plural apocopes)

1. (phonetics) apocope

   Antonyms: syncope, aphérèse

Derived terms

• apocoper

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

apocope

1. first/third-person singular present indicative of apocoper
2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of apocoper
3. second-person singular imperative of apocoper

Further reading

• “apocope” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ??????? (apokop?).

Noun

apocope f (plural apocopi)

1. apocope
2. amputation

Related terms

• apocopare

Spanish

Verb

apocope

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of apocopar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of apocopar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of apocopar.

English

Etymology

From Latin metaplasmus from Ancient Greek ??????????? (metaplasmós)

Noun

metaplasm (plural metaplasms)

1. (linguistics) Any change in a word made by altering its letters or sounds
2. (biology) A small particle (often nutrient) within a cell

Hyponyms

• (linguistics):
  • prothesis, epenthesis, paragoge, diaeresis, diastole
  • aphaeresis, syncope, apocope, ellipsis, ecthlipsis, synaloepha, synizesis, synaeresis, systole
  • metathesis
  • antisthecon

Translations

See also

• (linguistics): clipping

Further reading

• metaplasm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia