In phonology, apocope /əˈpɒkəpi/ or /əˈpɑkəpi/ (Greek apokoptein “cutting off” from apo- “away from” and koptein “to cut”) is the loss of one or more sounds from the end of a word; especially, the loss of an unstressed vowel. Historical sound change In historical phonetics, the term "apocope" is often but not always limited to the loss of an unstressed vowel. Loss of an unstressed vowel (with nasal)… (More on Apocope)