Definitions
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- noun Vowel-gradation; the vowel-differentiation of words known as ablaut (which see).
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- noun phonetics Alternation of sounds within a word that indicates
grammatical information (ofteninflectional ).
Etymologies
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From French apophonie, from apo- + Ancient Greek φωνή (phone, "sound").
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