troncation

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French[edit]

French Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

From tronquer +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /tʁɔ̃.ka.sjɔ̃/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

troncation f (plural troncations)

  1. (linguistics) clipping
  2. (linguistics) disfixation, back-formation
    Synonyms: dérivation inverse, dérivation régressive, rétroformation

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