apocope
Meanings
Plural: apocopes
Noun
- abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds
- "the British get `pud' from `pudding' by apocope"
- The loss or omission of the last vowel in a word, together with any consonants that follow it.
- The loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word.
Origin / Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin apocopē, derived from Ancient Greek ἀποκοπή (apokopḗ), ἀποκόπτω (apokóptō, “cut off”).
Scrabble Score: 13
apocope is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordapocope is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
apocope is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 16
apocope is a valid Words With Friends word