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