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ablaut

POS

Noun

HYPHEN

ab=laut

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun ablaut has 1 sense

ablaut(n = noun.communication) - a vowel whose quality or length is changed to indicate linguistic distinctions (such as sing sang sung song);

has particulars:

gradation

grade

is a kind of vowel, vowel sound

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CIDE DICTIONARY

ablaut, n. [Ger., off-sound; ab off + laut sound.].

The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation; as, get, gat, got; sing, song; hang, hung. Earle. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

ablaut, n. a change of vowel in related words or forms, esp. in Indo-European languages, arising from differences of accent and stress in the parent language, e.g. in sing, sang, sung.

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