ablaut

(Anglès)

Noun

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.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To undergo a change of vowel.
2. (transitive) To cause to change a vowel.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈɑbˌlaʊt/

Etimologia (Anglès)

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”).

Conceptes

alternança

Sinònims

alternation

gradation

regular expression

swapping

vowel gradation

Traduccions

Ablaut

apophonie

ετεροίωση

apofonia

ablaut

περιτροπή

ετεροποίωση

Wechselbetrieb

roulement

εναλλαγή

alternation

alternanza

alternarsi

alternance

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