Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sound shift

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.47 in modern English

Syllables
sound shift
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a regular sound change, especially when several phonemes are synchronously affected in analogous ways, and/or when there are several interlinked phases

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Likely a calque of German Lautverschiebung.

Usage

Inflected Forms

sound shifts (plural)

Questions

What does sound shift mean?
a regular sound change, especially when several phonemes are synchronously affected in analogous ways, and/or when there are several interlinked phases
Where does sound shift come from?
Likely a calque of German Lautverschiebung.

How to pronounce sound shift

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