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apophony Philol.|əˈpɒfənɪ|
[ad. F. apophonie, f. apo- + Gr. ϕωνή sound.]
Variation in vowel quality in the formation of grammatically related words, as in Eng. give, gave, G. sprechen, sprach. (Also called ablaut and vowel gradation.)
1883I. Sydow German Convers.-Gram. 253 The Germans call this..Ablaut, that may be rendered by apophony. 1894V. Henry Compar. Gram. Eng. & Ger. 358 Mod. German, though keeping the apophony, obscures it by borrowing the metaphony from the subjunctive. |