umlaut

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

tréma

inflexion

métaphonie

umlaut

diérèse

Synonymes

diaeresis

dieresis

trema

apophony

vowel mutation

mutation

diacritical mark

Traductions

Umlaut

umlaut

trema

diéresis

umlaut

dièresi

metafonia

metafonía

Trema

trema

diérese

crema

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈʊm.laʊt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.