umlaut

n. 元音变音 vt. 使变为曲音

发音

UK /ˈʊm.laʊt/
UK /ˈʌmlaʊt/
US /ˈʊm.laʊt/
US /ˈumlaʊt/

词形变化

umlaute umlauts 复数 umlauts umlaute 复数 umlauted umlauting umlauts 三单 umlauting 现在分词 umlauted 过去式 umlauted 过去分词

别名

ümlaut

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of diaeresis.

    非正式 媒体

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

  2. 2.

    An assimilatory process whereby a vowel is pronounced more like a following vocoid that is separated by one or more consonants.

    语言学
  3. 3.

    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).

    语言学
  4. 4.

    A vowel so assimilated.

    元音变音

    语言学
  5. 5.

    The diacritical mark ( ¨ ) placed over a vowel when it indicates a (rounded) front vowel

    分音符号

    分音符

    媒体
v.
  1. 1.

    To place an umlaut over (a vowel).

    及物
  2. 2.

    To modify (a word) so that an umlaut is required in it.

    及物 语言学

    an umlauting vowel

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

diacritic diacritical mark

相关短语

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词源

Borrowed from German Umlaut in the 19ᵗʰ century, from um- or um (“around, re-, trans-”) + Laut (“sound”), from Old High German hlūt. More at loud.

来源：wiktionary