The loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word.
The loss or omission of the last vowel in a word, together with any consonants that follow it.
A word with the same meaning as another formed by removing one or more of the syllables of the longer word, and considered a word in its own right rather than an abbreviation.
Particularly in Slavic languages, a shortened form of the adjective, used predicatively.