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ABLAUT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ablaut mean?
• ABLAUT (noun)
The noun ABLAUT has 1 sense:
1. a vowel whose quality or length is changed to indicate linguistic distinctions (such as sing sang sung song)
Familiarity information: ABLAUT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A vowel whose quality or length is changed to indicate linguistic distinctions (such as sing sang sung song)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("ablaut" is a kind of...):
vowel; vowel sound (a speech sound made with the vocal tract open)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ablaut"):
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