auslaut

[ ous-lout ]

noun

, Linguistics.

, plural aus·lau·te [ous, -lou-t, uh], aus·lauts.

1. final position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
2. a sound in this position.

Word History and Origins

Origin of auslaut¹

1880–85; < German, equivalent to aus- out- + Laut sound, as noun derivative of auslauten to end (with a given sound)