umlaut

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. An assimilatory process whereby a vowel is pronounced more like a following vocoid that is separated by one or more consonants.
2. The umlaut process (as above) that occurred historically in Germanic languages whereby back vowels became front vowels when followed by syllable containing a front vocoid (e.g. Germanic lūsiz > Old English lȳs(i) > Modern English lice).
3. A vowel so assimilated.
4. The diacritical mark ( ¨ ) placed over a vowel when it indicates a (rounded) front vowel
5. (informal) Synonym of diaeresis.

Verb

1. (transitive) To place an umlaut over (a vowel).
2. (transitive) To modify (a word) so that an umlaut is required in it.

Conceptes

dièresi

Sinònims

diaeresis

dieresis

trema

apophony

vowel mutation

mutation

diacritical mark

Traduccions

Umlaut

umlaut

tréma

trema

umlaut

diéresis

umlaut

Trema

metafonía

inflexion

métaphonie

metafonia

dieresi

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈʊm.laʊt/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Borrowed from German Umlaut in the 19ᵗʰ century, from um- or um (“around, re-, trans-”) + Laut (“sound”), from Old High German hlūt. More at loud.