procope

English

Etymology

Compare syncope.

Noun

procope (uncountable)

(phonetics, linguistics, prosody) Apheresis, the loss or removal of a sound at the beginning of a word.
Synonyms: apheresis, aphesis

Coordinate terms

apocope (“loss or omission of a sound from the end of a word”)
syncope (“loss or elision of a sound from the interior of a word”)

Translations

loss or removal of a sound at the beginning of a word

German: Prokope f

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