ablaut

(Anglais)

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.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɑbˌlaʊt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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”).

Concepts

apophonie

alternance

roulement

alternation

Synonymes

alternation

gradation

regular expression

swapping

vowel gradation

Traductions

Ablaut

ετεροίωση

ablaut

apofonia

εναλλαγή

ετεροποίωση

Halbwelle

alternanza

Vokalabstufung

alternarsi

περιτροπή

avvicendamento

alternazione

vicis

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