Apocope is a hyponym of metaplasm.
As a verb apocope
is .
As a noun metaplasm is
(linguistics) any change in a word made by altering its letters or sounds.
apocope
English
(wikipedia)
Noun
(
en noun)
(prosody) The loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word.
Related terms
* apocopate
* apocopation
* apocopic
Coordinate terms
* aphaeresis (omission of a sound to the beginning of a word)
* paragoge (addition of a sound to the end of a word)
* syncope (omission of a sound from the middle of a word)
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metaplasm
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(linguistics) Any change in a word made by altering its letters or sounds
(biology) A small particle (often nutrient) within a cell
Hyponyms
* (linguistics) epenthesis, paragoge, prothesis; diaeresis, aphaeresis, apocope, ellipsis, ecthlipsis, synaloepha, synaeresis, syncope, systole; metathesis; antisthecon
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