单词 | ablaut |
释义 | ablaut[ ahb-lout, ab-; German ahp-lout ] / ˈɑb laʊt, ˈæb-; German ˈɑp laʊt / noun Grammar.(in Indo-European languages) regular alternation in the internal phonological structure of a word element, especially alternation of a vowel, that is coordinated with a change in grammatical function or combination, as in English sing, sang, sung, song; apophony. Origin of ablaut1840–50; <German, equivalent to ab- off + Laut sound Words nearby ablautablate, ablation, ablative, ablative absolute, ablator, ablaut, ablaze, able, able-bodied, able-bodied seaman, abled Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ablaut
British Dictionary definitions for ablautablaut / (ˈæblaʊt, German ˈaplaut) / nounlinguistics vowel gradation, esp in Indo-European languagesSee gradation (def. 5) Word Origin for ablautGerman, coined 1819 by Jakob Grimm from ab off + Laut sound Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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