ich-laut

/ (ˈɪçˌlaʊt, ˈɪk-) /

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noun

(sometimes capital) phonetics the voiceless palatal fricative sound that is written as ch in German ich, often allophonic with the ach-lautSee also ach-laut

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Word Origin for ich-laut

from German, from ich I + Laut sound

Words nearby ich-laut

I.Chem.E., Ichihara, Ichikawa, I Ching, Ichinomiya, ich-laut, ichneumon, ichneumon fly, ichnite, ichno-, ichnofossil

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