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See How to Edit and Style and How-to for help, or this article's talk page. A apocopation is a type of metaplasm that refers to a word formed by removing the end of a longer original word. Similar concepts include aphaeresis, which removes the beginning part of a word, and syncope, which removes part of the middle. Syncope can also mean fainting (in medicine). ...
The word apocopation is derived from the Greek, apo (to cut) and koptein (away from).
Usage Some languages have apocopations internalized as mandatory forms. In Spanish, for example, many adjectives that come before the noun lose the final vowel when they precede a noun in the masculine singular form. The word uno (one) thus becomes un and grande (big) becomes gran. In these cases, one would say un mundo (one world) rather than uno mundo, and gran taco (big taco) rather than grande taco. An adjective is a part of speech which modifies a noun, usually making its meaning more specific. ...
A noun, or noun substantive, is a word or phrase that refers to a person, place, thing, event, substance or quality. ...
The word masculine can refer to: the property of being biologically male masculinity, a traditionally male gender role the masculine grammatical gender This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
The word singular may refer to one of several concepts. ...
In many languages, apocopation is also used to form shorter synonyms of a word, which becomes a sort of spoken abbreviation the word. For example, the French réac is used as short for réactionnaire, and démo means démonstration. Shortened forms for names are common in Japanese: Makudonarudo (McDonald's) becomes Makudo, and Kentaki Furaido Chikin (or Kentucky Fried Chicken) is referred to as Kentaki in daily speech. Synonyms (in ancient Greek syn συν = plus and onoma όνομα = name) are different words with similar or identical meanings. ...
Look up abbreviation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Abbreviation (from Latin brevis short) is strictly a shortening, but more particularly, an abbreviation is a letter or group of letters, taken from a word or words, and employed to represent them for the sake of brevity. ...
McDonalds Corporation (NYSE: MCD) is the worlds largest chain of fast-food restaurants [1]. Although McDonalds did not invent the hamburger or fast food, its name has become nearly synonymous with both. ...
KFC, previously known as Kentucky Fried Chicken, is a division of Yum! Brands, Inc. ...
Apocopation is also used regularly to from diminutives of names. Some English examples: A diminutive is a formation of a word used to convey a slight degree of the root meaning, smallness of the object named, intimacy, or endearment. ...
- Alexander → Alex
- Andrew → Andy
- Meghan or Megan → Meg
- Thomas → Tom
And German examples: (note the difference) - Susanne → Sanne
- Maria → Ria
- Vanessa → Nessi
For a list of apocopations in the English language, see List of English apocopations. This is a list of common apocopations in the English language. ...
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