ablaut en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɑpˌlaʊt/ (US)
- /ˈæbˌlaʊt/ (US)
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- /ˈɑbˌlaʊt/ (US)
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Germanic *ab Old High German ab Middle High German ab German ab German ab- Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ḱlutós Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz Proto-West Germanic *hlūd Old High German lūt Middle High German lūt German Laut German Ablautbor. English ablaut 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”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) 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.
I declare to you that Literature was not written for schoolmasters, nor for schoolmistresses. I would not exchange it for a wilderness of schoolmasters. It should be delivered from them, who, with their silly Ablauts and ‘tendencies,’ can themselves neither read nor write.
1920, Arthur Quiller-Couch, On The Art of Reading:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ablauts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (52)
fi ablaut (substitution of one root vowel for another) · pl alternacja (substitution of one root vowel for another) · ga grádaíocht (substitution of one root vowel for another) · fr apophonie (substitution of one root vowel for another) · sh а̀блаут (substitution of one root vowel for another) · el μετάπτωση (substitution of one root vowel for another) · de Ablaut (Vokalabstufung f) (substitution of one root vowel for another) · nl klinkerwisseling (substitution of one root vowel for another) · ru апофони́я (substitution of one root vowel for another) · ru абля́ут (substitution of one root vowel for another) · pt apofonia (substitution of one root vowel for another) · hu tőhangváltozás (substitution of one root vowel for another) · sv avljud (substitution of one root vowel for another) · sh пре́вој (substitution of one root vowel for another) · ro apofonie (substitution of one root vowel for another) · bg абла́ут (substitution of one root vowel for another) · cs střída (substitution of one root vowel for another) · is hljóðskipti (substitution of one root vowel for another) · ca apofonia (substitution of one root vowel for another) · he אַבְּלָאוּט (substitution of one root vowel for another) · ga ablabht (substitution of one root vowel for another) · af ablaut (substitution of one root vowel for another) · sh прије́вој (substitution of one root vowel for another) · lt abliautas (substitution of one root vowel for another) · hu fokváltakozás (substitution of one root vowel for another) · hu ablaut (substitution of one root vowel for another) · hu tőhangzóváltozás (substitution of one root vowel for another) · pt ablaut (substitution of one root vowel for another) · ro ablaut (substitution of one root vowel for another) · da aflyd (substitution of one root vowel for another) · ko 모음 전환 (substitution of one root vowel for another) · sq apofoni (substitution of one root vowel for another) · ru абла́ут (substitution of one root vowel for another) · pl apofonia (substitution of one root vowel for another) · ka აბლაუტი (substitution of one root vowel for another) · sh prévoj (substitution of one root vowel for another) · he אַפּוֹפוֹנְיָה (substitution of one root vowel for another) · sh prijévoj (substitution of one root vowel for another) · nl ablaut (substitution of one root vowel for another) · hy ձայնդարձ (substitution of one root vowel for another) · fo avljóð (substitution of one root vowel for another) · sh àblaut (substitution of one root vowel for another) · fi äännevaihtelu (substitution of one root vowel for another) · lv ablauts (substitution of one root vowel for another) · it apofonia (substitution of one root vowel for another) · hu tőhangváltás (substitution of one root vowel for another) · es apofonía (substitution of one root vowel for another) · cs kmenostup (substitution of one root vowel for another) · hu apofónia (substitution of one root vowel for another) · nl klankwisseling (substitution of one root vowel for another) · pl przegłos (substitution of one root vowel for another) · hu hangmásulás (substitution of one root vowel for another)