anlaut
American
[ahn-lout]
/ ˈɑnˌlaʊt /
noun
Linguistics.
anlaute,
plural
anlauts
plural
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initial position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
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a sound in this position.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of anlaut
1880–85; < German, equivalent to an- on + Laut sound, as noun derivative of anlauten to begin (with a given sound)
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