apocope

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|phonetics|prosody|strictly}} The loss or omission of the last vowel in a word, together with any consonants that follow it.
2. {{lb|en|loosely}} The loss or [[omission]] of a [[sound]] or [[syllable]] from the end of a [[word]].

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