| 单词 | umlaut |
| 释义 | umlaut /oom"lowt/, Ling. n. 1. a mark (¨) used as a diacritic over a vowel, as ä, ö, ü, to indicate a vowel sound different from that of the letter without the diacritic, esp. as so used in German. Cf. dieresis. 2. (in Germanic languages) assimilation in which a vowel is influenced by a following vowel or semivowel; apophony. v.t. 3. to modify by umlaut. 4. to write an umlaut over. [1835-45; < G, equiv. to um- about (i.e., changed) + Laut sound] |
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