Ich-laut

//ˈɪçlaʊ̯t// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    the voiceless palatal fricative, /ç/, especially in the context of the German language, but also sometimes otherwise (because it is best known from German)

Etymology

From German Ich-Laut, from ich (“I”) (which has this sound in German) + Laut (“sound”).

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