Apocope

  

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Apocope

Definition: Apocope

Apocope

Noun

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

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Etymology: Apocope \A*poc"o*pe\, noun. [Latin expression, from the Greek expression cutting off, from to cut off; from to cut.]. (Websters 1913)


Crosswords: Apocope

English words defined with "apocope": Apo, Apocopated, Apocopation. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Apocope" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

French (apocope).

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Apocope

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

apocope

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Apocope

Language Translations for "apocope"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

apokopë. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏ترخيم اللفظ, ‏الترخيم. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

апокопа. (various references)

   

French

  

apocope. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αποκοπή (abruption, abscission, amputation, recision, severance). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

hangkiesés. (various references)

   

Manx

  

giarrey jeh (amputate, amputation, chop off, cut off, deduct, snip off, strike off). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

apocopeay

   

Romanian

  

apocopã. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

апокопа. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

apokopa, izostavljanje glasa na kraju reči. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

apócope (apocopation). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

apokop, son hecenin kaldırılması. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Apocope

Derivations

Words beginning with "apocope": apocopes. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Apocope"

Words rhyming with "apocope" (pronounced 'A*poc"o*pe'): Aeroscope, AEthrioscope, Agrope, Albertype, Alethoscope, Altiscope, Ambrotype, Anamorphoscope, Anemoscope, Angioscope, Anorthoscope, Antelope, Antipope, Antitype, Archetype, Aristotype, Artotype, Aslope, Asterope, Astroscope, Auriscope, Authotype, Autotype, Awhape, Baroscope, Bejape, Boltrope, Breastrope, By-wipe, Calliope, Calotype, Cantaloupe, Capape, Catpipe, Ceraunoscope, Cerotype, Cesspipe, Chape, Chemitype, Chromascope, Chromatoscope, Chromatrope, Chromatype, Chromotype, Chronoscope, Chrysotype, Clape, Collodiotype, Collotype, Culpe. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Apocope

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-o-o-p-p"

-3 letters: cape, capo, coop, cope, pace, pepo, poco, poop, pope.

-4 letters: ace, ape, cap, cep, coo, cop, oca, ope, pac, pap, pea, pec, pep, pop.

-5 letters: ae, oe, op, pa, pe.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-o-o-p-p"
 

+1 letter: apocopes.

 

+3 letters: carpophore, carpospore, cephalopod.

 

+4 letters: aposiopetic, carpophores, carpospores, cephalopods, laparoscope, polariscope.

 

+5 letters: anchorpeople, carrottopped, coprophagies, cyclopropane, laparoscopes, paedomorphic, polariscopes.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Apocope


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 70 6F 63 6F 70 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-    .--.    ---    -.-.    ---    .--.    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01110000 01101111 01100011 01101111 01110000 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#112 &#111 &#99 &#111 &#112 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0070 006F 0063 006F 0070 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

35828169818271

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Apocope"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Albanian

fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferimshqip, ‏الألبانية, ‏الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, Albanais, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, Albaneagh, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, Arnavut

Arabic

‏معجم, ‏قاموس, ‏الوضوحية في الشيء, ‏حد, ‏تحديد, ‏تعريف, ‏التحديد, ‏الإيضاحية, ‏ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ‏ترجمة, ‏إفتتانarabishte, ‏العربية, ‏عربي, ‏اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, arabe, αραβικόσ, arab, Arabish, arabic, арабский, arapski, árabe, arapça, arap, araplara özgü

Bulgarian

речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, преводbulgr, ‏البلغارية, ‏بلغاري, български, български език, българин, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgaristan ile ilgili

French

dictionnaire, définition, traductionfrëngjishte, frëng, franceze, ‏اللغة الفرنسية, ‏فرنسي, ‏الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, français, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση‏يوناني, ‏اللغة اليونانية, ‏الإغريقي, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, grec, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, Greagish, Greagagh, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás‏مجري, ‏المجري, ‏الهنغاري, ‏هنغاري, ‏اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, hongrois, Ούγγρος, magyar, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, macarca, macar

Manx

fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baghtgjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, man adası, man dili

Romanian

dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcirerumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, Roumain, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, Roomainagh, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano

Russian

словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение‏روسي, ‏اللغة الروسية, ‏الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, Ρώσος, orosz, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, Rusça

Serbo-Croatian

leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenjesârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducciónspanjoll, ‏اللغة الأسبانية, ‏الأسبانية, ‏أسباني, испански език, испански, espagnol, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, Spaainish, Spaainagh, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca

Turkish

sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercümeturk, ‏تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, ‏اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, turque, τούρκικοσ, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, türkçe, türk

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationanglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, ‏الإنجليزية, ‏الأنكليزي, ‏إنكليزي, ‏ترجمة إنكليزية, ‏اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglais, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Derivations
6. Rhymes
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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