apophony

Significat (Anglès)

Modification of an internal vowel sound in a word or linguistic root, especially so as to establish a lexical distinction.

Conceptes

apofonia

Sinònims

umlaut

Traduccions

apofonía

Ablaut

apophonie

Etimologia (Anglès)

From French apophonie, from French apo- + Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”), after Ancient Greek ἀπο- (apo-, “away, from, off”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).