auslaut

auslaut [ous-lout] Word Origin noun, plural aus·lau·te [ous-lou-tuh] /ˈaʊsˌlaʊ tə/, aus·lauts. Linguistics.

1. final position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
2. a sound in this position.

Compare anlaut, inlaut. Origin of auslaut 1880–85; German, equivalent to aus- out- + Laut sound, as noun derivative of auslauten to end (with a given sound) Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019