Apocope
In phonology, apocope (pronounced /əˈpɒkəpi/, from the Greek apokoptein “cutting off”, from apo- “away from” and koptein “to cut”) is the loss of one or more sounds from the end of a word, and especially the loss of an unstressed vowel.
In phonology, apocope (pronounced /əˈpɒkəpi/, from the Greek apokoptein “cutting off”, from apo- “away from” and koptein “to cut”) is the loss of one or more sounds from the end of a word, and especially the loss of an unstressed vowel.
