Loss of Sounds at the End of a Word

This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from Student Life , Group 936, Puzzle 4 (School Trips).

Question is: Loss of Sounds at the End of a Word

and the answer is: APOCOPE

Word Meaning:

APOCOPE — (phonetics, prosody, strictly) The loss or omission of the last vowel in a word, together with any consonants that follow it.

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