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umlaut meaning in Bengali

অভিশ্রুতি obhisruti

UK/ˈʊm.laʊt//ˈʊm.laʊt/

umlaut in Bengali: অভিশ্রুতি (obhisruti). In English, umlaut means an assimilatory process whereby a vowel is pronounced more like a following vocoid that is separated by one or more consonants.

Bengali words for umlaut

umlaut, vowel mutation
অভিশ্রুতি obhisruti

English meaning of umlaut

  1. noun An assimilatory process whereby a vowel is pronounced more like a following vocoid that is separated by one or more consonants.
  2. noun The umlaut process (as above) that occurred historically in Germanic languages whereby back vowels became front vowels when followed by syllable containing a front vocoid (e.g. Germanic lūsiz > Old English lȳs(i) > Modern English lice).
  3. noun A vowel so assimilated.
  4. noun The diacritical mark ( ¨ ) placed over a vowel when it indicates a (rounded) front vowel.

Full definition of umlaut

umlaut in a sentence

  • "Naïve" takes an umlaut because it is pronounced as two syllables.

Synonyms of umlaut

umlaut in other languages

Questions about umlaut in Bengali

What is the meaning of umlaut in Bengali?
Umlaut in Bengali is অভিশ্রুতি (obhisruti).
umlaut এর বাংলা অর্থ কী?
Umlaut: অভিশ্রুতি (obhisruti).
What does umlaut mean in English?
Umlaut means an assimilatory process whereby a vowel is pronounced more like a following vocoid that is separated by one or more consonants.

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Bengali words from Wiktionary's Bengali entries whose English meaning is “umlaut”: অভিশ্রুতি. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: umlaut (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Bengali words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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