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auslaut

[ ous-lout ]

noun

, Linguistics.
, plural aus·lau·te [ous, -lou-t, uh], aus·lauts.
  1. final position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
  2. a sound in this position.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of auslaut1

1880–85; < German, equivalent to aus- out- + Laut sound, as noun derivative of auslauten to end (with a given sound)

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