ablaut

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

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.

Έννοιες

ετεροίωση

εναλλαγή

ετεροποίωση

περιτροπή

Συνώνυμα

alternation

gradation

regular expression

swapping

vowel gradation

Μεταφράσεις

Ablaut

apophonie

ablaut

apofonia

alternance

roulement

Halbwelle

alternanza

Vokalabstufung

alternarsi

alternation

avvicendamento

alternazione

vicis

Wechselbetrieb

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈɑbˌlaʊt/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

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”).