anlaut

 [ahn-lout]  

an·laut

   [ahn-lout]
noun, plural an·lau·te  [-lou-tuh] , an·lauts. Linguistics.
1.
initial position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
2.
a sound in this position.
Compare auslaut, inlaut.

Origin:
1880–85; < German, equivalent to an- on + Laut sound, as noun derivative of anlauten to begin (with a given sound)
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