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auslaut

Syllables: aus·laut/ˈaʊslaʊt/US/ˈaʊsˌlaʊt/

auslaut noun: synonym of coda (“the optional final sound of a syllable or word, occurring after its nucleus and usually composed of one or more consonants”).

Noun

auslaut (plural auslauts or (rare) auslaute)

  1. Synonym of coda (“the optional final sound of a syllable or word, occurring after its nucleus and usually composed of one or more consonants”).
    • in auslaut
    • By the final consonant (Auslaut) of words, we generally, and unless the contrary be explicitly stated, mean the last consonant of roots or primary derivatives, and not that of the termination, which the word may have assumed in consequence of derivation or of inflection.[1830, C. F. Becker [i.e., Karl Ferdinand Becker], “Of Articulate Sounds”, in A Grammar of the German Language, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, part I (Etymology); section I (Formation of Words)...
    Synonyms:
    coda
    Antonyms:
    anlaut, onset

Examples of auslaut in a sentence

  • In the inlaut before consonants and in the auslaut the long spirant is shortened to h: auh, bauhnenti, bisnuih, ih, queh, gaquihta etc. and in tehmot 17, 16 of Latin origin.1890, “Grammatical Treatise”, in George Allison Hench, editor, The Monsee Fragments. […], Strasbourg, France: Karl J. Trübner, →OCLC, page...
  • As a rule, it is less objectionable to throw into relief the anlaut than the auslaut of a foot.1907 March 23, Leon Josiah Richardson, “The Eleven-syllable Alcaic”, in Horace’s Alcaic Strophe (University of California Publications...
  • Examples also occur of the elision of the second element of the diphthong iʜ in word auslaut before ’ʜ; […]1928, John P[eabody] Harrington, “Introduction”, in Vocabulary of the Kiowa Language (Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology...

Synonyms of auslaut

Antonyms

Forms of auslaut

pluralauslauts
plural (rare)auslaute

Origin of auslaut

PIE word *úd Borrowed from German Auslaut, from aus- (prefix meaning ‘out’) + Laut (“sound”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”)). The plural form auslaute is borrowed from German Auslaute.

Questions about auslaut

What does auslaut mean?
Auslaut means synonym of coda (“the optional final sound of a syllable or word, occurring after its nucleus and usually composed of one or more consonants”).
How do you use auslaut in a sentence?
In the inlaut before consonants and in the auslaut the long spirant is shortened to h: auh, bauhnenti, bisnuih, ih, queh, gaquihta etc. and in tehmot 17, 16 of Latin origin.
What part of speech is auslaut?
Auslaut is a noun.
How do you pronounce auslaut?
Auslaut is pronounced /ˈaʊslaʊt/ (UK).
What is the plural of auslaut?
The plural of auslaut is auslauts.

Words near auslaut in the dictionary

  1. ausktribosphenids
  2. Auslan
  3. auslander
  4. Auslander-Reiten theory
  5. auslanders
  6. auslaut
  7. auslaute
  8. auslauts
  9. auslese
  10. auslesen
  11. ausleses

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