ablaut

== English == === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈɑbˌlaʊt/, /ˈɑpˌlaʊt/, /ˈæbˌlaʊt/ Rhymes: -aʊt Hyphenation: ab‧lowt === Noun === ablaut (countable and uncountable, plural ablauts) (phonology) 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. [Mid 19th century.] Synonym: alternation Hypernyms: gradation, apophony ==== Derived terms ==== ablauting unablauted ==== Related terms ==== umlaut ==== Translations ==== === Verb === ablaut (third-person singular simple present ablauts, present participle ablauting, simple past and past participle ablauted) (intransitive, linguistics, of a vowel-containing linguistic component) To undergo a change of vowel. (transitive, linguistics) To cause to change a vowel. ==== Derived terms ==== unablauted === References === === Further reading === Apophony on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Butala, tabula == Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch ablaut, borrowed from German Ablaut, from ab- +‎ Laut. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ab‧laut === Noun === ablaut (plural ablaute) (linguistics) ablaut == Finnish == === Etymology === From German Ablaut. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑblɑut/, [ˈɑ̝blɑ̝ut̪] Rhymes: -ɑblɑut Syllabification(key): ab‧la‧ut Hyphenation(key): ab‧la‧ut === Noun === ablaut (linguistics) ablaut ==== Declension ==== == Hungarian == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Ablaut (“ablaut”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɒblɒut] Rhymes: -ut Hyphenation: ab‧laut Syllabification: ab‧la‧ut === Noun === ablaut (plural ablautok) (phonology) ablaut (substitution of one root vowel for another) Synonyms: apofónia, tőhangváltás, tőhangváltozás, tőhangzóváltás, tőhangzóváltozás ==== Declension ==== === References === == Indonesian == === Etymology === From English ablaut, from German Ablaut (“sound gradation”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /aˈblaut/ [aˈbla.ʊt̪̚] Rhymes: -aut Syllabification: a‧bla‧ut === Noun === ablaut ablaut (substitution of one root vowel for another) === See also === umlaut === Further reading === ablaut on the Indonesian Wikipedia.Wikipedia id “ablaut”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Portuguese == === Noun === ablaut m (plural ablauts) (linguistics) ablaut (substitution of one root vowel for another) === Further reading === “ablaut”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Ablaut. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈablawt/ Rhymes: -ablawt Hyphenation: áb‧laut === Noun === ablaut n (plural ablauturi) ablaut Synonym: apofonie ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “ablaut”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026 == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Ablaut. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ǎblaut/ === Noun === àblaut m inan (Cyrillic spelling а̀блаут) (linguistics) ablaut (substitution of one root vowel for another) Synonyms: prévoj, prijévoj ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “ablaut”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026