ablaut

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

apofonia

alternanza

alternarsi

avvicendamento

alternazione

sinonimi

alternation

gradation

regular expression

swapping

vowel gradation

Traduzioni

Ablaut

apophonie

ablaut

ετεροίωση

εναλλαγή

ετεροποίωση

περιτροπή

alternance

roulement

alternation

vicis

alternatie

klankwisseling

klinkerwisseling

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈɑbˌlaʊt/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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”).