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Yes. The word ablaut is a Scrabble US word. The word ablaut is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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6-letter words (2 found)

ABLAUT,TABULA,

5-letter words (2 found)

TABLA,TUBAL,

4-letter words (13 found)

ABUT,ALBA,ATUA,AULA,BAAL,BALU,BLAT,BUAT,LATU,TAAL,TABU,TALA,TUBA,

3-letter words (17 found)

AAL,ABA,ALA,ALB,ALT,ALU,AUA,BAA,BAL,BAT,BUT,LAB,LAT,TAB,TAU,TUB,UTA,

2-letter words (8 found)

AA,AB,AL,AT,BA,LA,TA,UT,

You can make 42 words from ablaut according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ablaut

ablaut

Etymology

Borrowed from German Ablaut (“sound gradation”), which is from ab- or ab (“down, off”), + Laut (“sound”). Ab is used here in the sense of “deviating, varying” as in Abgott (“god other than the true God”), Abart (“different sort, variety, anomality”).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɑbˌlaʊt/, /ˈɑpˌlaʊt/, /ˈæbˌlaʊt/
  • Rhymes: -aʊt
  • Hyphenation: ab‧lowt

Noun

ablaut (countable and uncountable, plural ablauts)

  1. (phonology) The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation, distinct from the phonetic influence of a succeeding vowel. [Mid 19th century.]
    Synonym: alternation
    Hypernyms: gradation, apophony

Derived terms

  • ablauting

Related terms

  • umlaut

Translations

Verb

ablaut (third-person singular simple present ablauts, present participle ablauting, simple past and past participle ablauted)

  1. (intransitive, linguistics, of a vowel-containing linguistic component) To undergo a change of vowel.
  2. (transitive, linguistics) To cause to change a vowel.

Derived terms

  • unablauted

See also

  • Apophony on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anagrams

  • Butala, tabula

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch ablaut, borrowed from German Ablaut, from ab- +‎ Laut.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ab‧laut

Noun

ablaut (plural ablaute)

  1. (linguistics) ablaut

Finnish

Etymology

From German Ablaut.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑblɑut/, [ˈɑ̝blɑ̝ut̪]
  • Rhymes: -ɑblɑut
  • Syllabification(key): ab‧la‧ut

Noun

ablaut

  1. (linguistics) ablaut

Declension

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Ablaut (“ablaut”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɒblɒut]
  • Hyphenation: ab‧laut
  • Rhymes: -ut

Noun

ablaut (plural ablautok)

  1. (phonology) ablaut (substitution of one root vowel for another)
    Synonyms: apofónia, tőhangváltás, tőhangváltozás, tőhangzóváltás, tőhangzóváltozás

Declension

References

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Ablaut (“sound gradation”), which is from ab- or ab (“down, off”), + Laut (“sound”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aˈblaʊ̯t̚], [aˈblawʊt]
  • Hyphenation: a‧blaut

Noun

ablaut (plural ablaut-ablaut, first-person possessive ablautku, second-person possessive ablautmu, third-person possessive ablautnya)

  1. (linguistics) ablaut

Further reading

  • “ablaut” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Portuguese

Noun

ablaut m (plural ablauts)

  1. (linguistics) ablaut (substitution of one root vowel for another)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Ablaut.

Noun

ablaut n (plural ablauturi)

  1. ablaut

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Ablaut.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǎblaut/

Noun

àblaut m (Cyrillic spelling а̀блаут)

  1. (linguistics) ablaut (substitution of one root vowel for another)
    Synonyms: prévoj, prijévoj

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org