[{"word":"umlauts","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"An assimilatory process whereby a vowel is pronounced more like a following vocoid that is separated by one or more consonants.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The umlaut process (as above) that occurred historically in Germanic languages whereby back vowels became front vowels when followed by syllable containing a front vocoid (e.g. Germanic lūsiz > Old English lȳs(i) > Modern English lice).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A vowel so assimilated.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The diacritical mark ( ¨ ) placed over a vowel when it indicates a (rounded) front vowel","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Diaeresis","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Naïve takes an umlaut as it's pronounced as two syllables."}],"synonyms":["vowel mutation","trema"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To place an umlaut over (a vowel).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To modify (a word) so that an umlaut is required in it.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"an umlauting vowel"}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/umlaut","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/umlauts"]}]