ablaut
The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding…The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation, distinct from the phonetic influence of a succeeding vowel.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation, distinct from the phonetic influence of a succeeding vowel.
Ablaut (Vokalabstufung f)
абла́утabláut, абля́утabljáut, апофони́яapofoníja
- a vowel whose quality or length is changed to indicate linguistic distinctions (such as sing sang sung song)
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from German Ablaut (“sound gradation”), which is from ab- or ab (“down, off”), +Borrowed from German Ablaut (“sound gradation”), which is from ab- or ab (“down, off”), + Laut (“sound”). Ab is used here in the sense of “deviating, varying” as in Abgott (“god other than the true God”), Abart (“different sort, variety, anomality”).
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Forms
plural: ablautsSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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