metaphony
/mɪˈtafəni/ /mɪˈtaf(ə)ni/ /mɛˈtafəni/Linguistics
noun
Vowel alternation, as arising from ablaut or umlaut.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Victor Henry (1850–1907). From French métaphonie (M. Bréal tr. F. Bopp Gramm. Comparée des Langues Indo-Européennes V. 23 (note)) from méta + -phonie, as a calque on German Umlaut; compare apophony.
- radiocolloidal
- radio compass
- radioconductor
- radio contact
- radio control
- radio-controlled
- radiodating
- radiodense
- radiodensity
- radiodermatitis
- radiodiagnosis
- radiodiagnostic
- radiodiagnostics
- radio dial
- radio direction finder
- radio direction finding
- radio dish
- radioecological
- radio-ecologist
- radioecology
- radio edit
- radio-element
- radio emission
- radio energy
- radio engineer