troncation

French

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troncation

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Etymology

From tronquer +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁɔ̃.ka.sjɔ̃/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

troncation f (plural troncations)

1. (linguistics) clipping
2. (linguistics) disfixation, back-formation

   Synonyms: dérivation inverse, dérivation régressive, rétroformation

Further reading

• “troncation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.