"apostrophation" meaning in All languages combined

See apostrophation on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: apostrophations [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} apostrophation (countable and uncountable, plural apostrophations)
  1. (rare) Personal address via apostrophe (an exclamatory speech). Tags: countable, rare, uncountable
    Sense id: en-apostrophation-en-noun-3tKv6HdS
  2. (rare) The omission of parts of a word by means of an apostrophe (punctuation mark), contraction. Tags: countable, rare, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-apostrophation-en-noun-1UsFI8wS Disambiguation of Linguistics: 5 95 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 86

Inflected forms

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