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Added 9 October 2026

apocope

/əˈpɒ.kə.pi/ noun

Latin root: apocopē Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about apocope at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds.
the British get `pud' from `pudding' by apocope

Origin

Learned borrowing from Late Latin apocopē, derived from Ancient Greek ἀποκοπή (apokopḗ), ἀποκόπτω (apokóptō, “cut off”).

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