apocopateとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

apocopate (not comparable)

1. Shortened by apocope; lacking a final sound or syllable

同意語

• (shortened by apocope): apocopic, clipped, shortened, abbreviated

動詞

apocopate (三人称単数 現在形 apocopates, 現在分詞 apocopating, 過去形および過去分詞形 apocopated)

1. (linguistics) To shorten using apocope; to remove the final sound or syllable.
   • 1904, Robert Sterling, A Grammar of the Arabic Language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co, OCLC 3088363, page 229:

     The particles which apocopate the final vowel of the aorist are of two kinds: I. Those which apocopate the final vowel of one verb only. II. Those which apocopate the final vowel of two verbs.

2. (linguistics, intransitive) To undergo apocope.
   • 1999, The Best Test Preparation for the SAT II, Subject Test: Spanish, Piscataway, NJ: Research & Education Association, →ISBN, page R-195:

     "Ciento" apocopates to "cien" before nouns or numbers larger than itself.

関連する語

• apocopation
• apocope
• apocopic