連れん音おん

noun

sandhi

Linguistic term for sound changes at word or morpheme boundaries, such as tone sandhi or assimilation.

• 中ちゅう国ごく語ごの声せい調ちょう変へん化かは連れん音おんの一いっ種しゅです。

  Tone changes in Chinese are a type of sandhi.

noun

liaison

Specifically refers to the linking of sounds, especially in French where a normally silent final consonant is pronounced before a vowel.

See also: リエゾン

• フランス語ごのリエゾンは連れん音おんの例れいとしてよく挙あげられる。

  French liaison is often cited as an example of sandhi.

noun

trill

Rare usage; in some contexts, 連音 may refer to a trill sound, but this is not the primary meaning. More commonly, trill is expressed as 震え音 or トリル.

• 一いち部ぶの文ぶん献けんでは、連れん音おんが震ふるえ音おんを指さすこともある。

  In some literature, 連音 can refer to a trill sound.