Apheresis
Apheresis is the opposite of apocope. We delete the first syllable (or sometimes the first syllables) of the word.
Example
- un autobus becomes un bus,
- the first name Sébastien becomes Bastien,
- les Américains becomes les Ricains !
Apheresis is the opposite of apocope. We delete the first syllable (or sometimes the first syllables) of the word.
Example