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auslaut

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[ous-lout] / ˈaʊsˌlaʊt /

noun

Linguistics.

plural

auslaute, auslauts

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

  2. a sound in this position.

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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