apophonie
French, noun/a.pɔ.fɔ.ni/
apophonie is a French feminine noun meaning “apophony (alternation of sounds within a word), ablaut” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Modification phonétique du timbre d'une voyelle dans un mot”.
What does apophonie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineapophony (alternation of sounds within a word), ablaut
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Modification phonétique du timbre d'une voyelle dans un mot.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of apophonie
- apophonies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apophonie?
- /a.pɔ.fɔ.ni/
- \a.pɔ.fɔ.ni\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to apophonie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is apophonie in French?
apophonie appears about once in every 81 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).