auslaut
See also: Auslaut
English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Auslaut, from aus- (“terminal, out”) + Laut (“sound”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: ousʹlout, IPA(key): /ˈaʊslaʊt/
- Rhymes: -aʊt
Noun
auslaut (plural auslauts)
- (linguistics) The last sound of a word (word-final position) or syllable (syllable-final position).
- Antonym: anlaut
- Coordinate term: coda
- 1928, J. P. Harrington, Vocabulary of the Kiowa Language:
- Examples also occur of the elision of the second element of the diphthong iH in word auslaut before ’H […]
Related terms
- anlaut
- inlaut
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