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sound laws

sound laws is the plural of sound law.

Meaning of sound law

Noun

sound law (plural sound laws)

  1. A rule that describes historical sound change (the change in pronunciation of a given sound or cluster of sounds) in the development of a language.
    • Then, to oversimplify, if there are similarities in sound and meaning between two words that do not obey the sound laws that have been established, we conclude that they have resulted from borrowing.1877, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, page 118

Questions about sound laws

What is sound laws the plural of?
Sound laws is the plural of sound law.

Words near sound laws in the dictionary

  1. sound heads
  2. sound hole
  3. sound holes
  4. sound isolation
  5. sound law
  6. sound laws
  7. sound machine
  8. sound machines
  9. sound man
  10. sound men
  11. sound mind

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