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词汇 ablaut
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Definition of ablaut in English:

ablaut

noun ˈablaʊtˈæblaʊt
mass noun
  • Alternation in the vowels of related word forms, especially in Germanic strong verbs (e.g. in sing, sang, sung)

    (相关词形中的)元音交替(尤指源自日耳曼语系的强变化动词, 如sing,sang,sung)

    as modifier an ablaut series
    Example sentencesExamples
    • You can't even distinguish between the preterite and participle Germanic ablauts of English.
    • When ablaut is a regular feature of a language's grammar, it is often called vowel gradation.
    • The Proto-Indo-European phonetics was not stable at all: ablauts (vowel interchanges), assimilations, many different consonant processes at the end of the word.
    • There are various categories of this: rhyming, exact and ablaut (vowel substitution).
    • It is the relationship between phonemic pitch and the nature of ablaut in standard Lithuanian which makes this clear.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from German, from ab 'off' + Laut 'sound'.

Definition of ablaut in US English:

ablaut

nounˈæblaʊtˈablout
  • A change of vowel in related words or forms, e.g., in Germanic strong verbs (e.g., in sing, sang, sung)

    (相关词形中的)元音交替(尤指源自日耳曼语系的强变化动词, 如sing,sang,sung)

    as modifier an ablaut series
    Example sentencesExamples
    • You can't even distinguish between the preterite and participle Germanic ablauts of English.
    • The Proto-Indo-European phonetics was not stable at all: ablauts (vowel interchanges), assimilations, many different consonant processes at the end of the word.
    • When ablaut is a regular feature of a language's grammar, it is often called vowel gradation.
    • There are various categories of this: rhyming, exact and ablaut (vowel substitution).
    • It is the relationship between phonemic pitch and the nature of ablaut in standard Lithuanian which makes this clear.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from German, from ab ‘off’ + Laut ‘sound’.

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