umlaut

Significado (Inglês)

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.

Conceitos

trema

umlaut

metafonia

diérese

Sinônimos

diaeresis

dieresis

trema

apophony

vowel mutation

mutation

diacritical mark

Traduções

Umlaut

umlaut

tréma

diéresis

metafonía

Trema

umlaut

métaphonie

inflexion

dièresi

trema

crema

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈʊm.laʊt/

Etimologia (Inglês)

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.