单词 | umlaut |
释义 | umlaut[ oom-lout ] / ˈʊm laʊt / nouna mark (¨) used as a diacritic over a vowel, as ä, ö, ü, to indicate a vowel sound different from that of the letter without the diacritic, especially as so used in German.Compare dieresis. Also called vowel mutation. (in Germanic languages) assimilation in which a vowel is influenced by a following vowel or semivowel. verb (used with object)to modify by umlaut. to write an umlaut over. Origin of umlaut1835–45; <German, equivalent to um- about (i.e., changed) + Laut sound Words nearby umlautUMF, umfazi, umiak, UMIST, UML, umlaut, umlungu, ummah, Umnak Island, ump, umpie Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for umlautBritish Dictionary definitions for umlautumlaut / (ˈʊmlaʊt) / nounthe mark (¨) placed over a vowel in some languages, such as German, indicating modification in the quality of the vowelCompare diaeresis (esp in Germanic languages) the change of a vowel within a word brought about by the assimilating influence of a vowel or semivowel in a preceding or following syllable Word Origin for umlautC19: German, from um around (in the sense of changing places) + Laut sound Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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