Auslaut

//ˈaʊslaʊt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of coda (“the optional final sound of a syllable or word, occurring after its nucleus and usually composed of one or more consonants”).

    "in auslaut"

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coda

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"By the final consonant (Auslaut) of words, we generally, and unless the contrary be explicitly stated, mean the last consonant of roots or primary derivatives, and not that of the termination, which the word may have assumed in consequence of derivation or of inflection."

Etymology

PIE word *úd Borrowed from German Auslaut, from aus- (prefix meaning ‘out’) + Laut (“sound”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”)). The plural form auslaute is borrowed from German Auslaute.

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