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ablaut
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ablaut
n.
vowel which is changed to indicate distinction in meaning or grammatical function
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Apophony
In linguistics, apophony (also known as ablaut, (vowel) gradation, (vowel) mutation, alternation, internal modification, stem modification, stem alternation, replacive morphology, stem mutation, internal inflection etc.) is the alternation of sounds within a word that indicates grammatical information (often inflectional).
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ablaut
Noun
1. a vowel whose quality or length is changed to indicate linguistic distinctions (such as sing sang sung song)
(hypernym) vowel, vowel sound
(hyponym) grade, gradation
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Ablaut (der)
nm.
sound, tone; ablaut
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ablaut (de)
n.
(Grammar) ablaut
