Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
APOCOPE
apocope
(noun) abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds; “the British get ‘pud’ from ‘pudding’ by apocope”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
apocope (plural apocopes)
(phonetics, prosody, narrow sense) The loss or omission of the last vowel in a word, together with any consonants that follow it.
Coordinate terms: apheresis, paragoge, syncope
(loosely) The loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word.
Antonym: procope
Source: Wiktionary
A*poc"o*pe, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.
1. The cutting off, or omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.
2. (Med.)
Definition: A cutting off; abscission.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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