ablaut

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Conceptos

alternación

alternancia

apofonía

metafonía

Sinónimos

alternation

gradation

regular expression

swapping

vowel gradation

Traducciones

Ablaut

apophonie

ετεροίωση

ablaut

apofonia

ετεροποίωση

εναλλαγή

Halbwelle

roulement

alternance

Vokalabstufung

alternation

alternanza

alternarsi

περιτροπή

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈɑbˌlaʊt/

Etimología (Inglés)

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”).