ich-laut

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. the voiceless palatal fricative, /ç/, especially in the context of the German language, but also sometimes otherwise (because it is best known from German)

Pronunciation

/ˈɪçlaʊ̯t/ /ˈɪxlaʊ̯t/ /ˈɪklaʊ̯t/ /ˈɪʃlaʊ̯t/

Word forms

ich-laut ich-lauts

Etymology

From German Ich-Laut, from ich (“I”) (which has this sound in German) + Laut (“sound”).

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