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auslaut
American
[ous-lout]
/ ˈaʊsˌlaʊt /
noun
Linguistics.
auslaute,
plural
auslauts
plural
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final 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 auslaut
1880–85; < German, equivalent to aus- out- + Laut sound, as noun derivative of auslauten to end (with a given sound)
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