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UMLAUT
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel to indicate a change in sound in some languages
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("umlaut" is a kind of...):
diacritic; diacritical mark (a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation)