apofonía
Spanish, noun/apofoˈnia/
apofonía is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “ablaut (alternation of sounds within a word)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Alteración vocálica del radical en palabras de igual étimo”.
What does apofonía mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineablaut (alternation of sounds within a word)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Alteración vocálica del radical en palabras de igual étimo.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of apofonía
- apofonías plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apofonía?
- /apofoˈnia/
- [a.po.foˈni.a]
- [apofoˈnia]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to apofonía
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.