07091737-n 'abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds';
 
Chinese (simplified) 字尾音消失 , 字尾音 消失 , 词尾 脱落 , 词尾脱落
English apocope
Italian troncamento , apocope
Definitions
English
abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds
― the British get `pud' from `pudding' by apocope
Japanese
語尾の音や音群を消失することによる語の省略
― 英国人は語尾音を消失させ、'pudding'から`pud'とする
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Hypernym: abbreviation
Semantic Field: communicationn
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