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APHAERESIS [1 record]

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Record 1 2004-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Language (General)
  • Lexicology, Lexicography, Terminology
DEF

The loss or omission of one or more letters or sounds at the beginning of a word ...

DEF

A word formed by omitting the first part of the form from which it is derived.

OBS

Examples: (tele)phone, (photo)copier.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Linguistique (Généralités)
  • Lexicologie, lexicographie et terminologie
DEF

Abrègement d'un mot par la suppression de lettres initiales.

DEF

Chute d'un phonème ou d'un groupe de phonèmes au début d'un mot (opposé à "apocope").

OBS

Exemples d'aphérèses : (auto)bus, (auto)car. "Copieur" se dit aussi familièrement pour "photocopieur".

OBS

L'aphérèse est moins fréquente que l'apocope. Elle est une forme de "troncation"; troncation par aphérèse.

Spanish

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