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1. (n.) diphthong
an unsegmentable, gliding speech sound varying in phonetic quality but considered to be a single sound or phoneme, as the oi sound of toy or
boil.
2. diphthong
(not in technical use)
3. diphthong
a digraph, as the ea of
meat.
4. diphthong
a ligature, as æ.
5. (v.i.) diphthong
to diphthongize.
Etymology: (1425–75; diptonge < LL diphthongus < Gk díphthongos lit., having two sounds)
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| Definition of 'diphthong' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) diphthong
a vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another
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| Definition of 'diphthong' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) diphthong
a coalition or union of two vowel sounds pronounced in one syllable; as, ou in out, oi in noise; -- called a proper diphthong
2. (noun) diphthong
a vowel digraph; a union of two vowels in the same syllable, only one of them being sounded; as, ai in rain, eo in people; -- called an improper diphthong
3. (verb) diphthong
to form or pronounce as a diphthong; diphthongize
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Sense: two vowel sounds pronounced as one syllable
The vowel sound in `out' is a diphthong.
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 Afrikaans: diftong, tweeklank |
 Arabic: إنْدِغام حَرْفَي عِلَّه |
 Bulgarian: двугласна |
 Brazilian: ditongo |
 Czech: dvojhláska |
 German: der Doppelvokal |
 Danish: diftong; tvelyd |
 Greek: δίφθογγος |
 Spanish: diptongo |
 Estonian: diftong |
 Farsi: واکه ی مرکب؛ مصوت دو آوا |
 Finnish: diftongi |
 French: diphtongue |
 Hebrew: דוּ-תְנוּעָה |
 Hindi: द्विग्राफ |
 Croatian: diftong, dvoglas |
 Hungarian: kettőshangzó |
 Indonesian: diftong |
 Icelandic: tvíhljóð |
 Italian: dittongo |
 Japanese: 二重母音 |
 Korean: 이중 모음, 복모음 |
 Lithuanian: dvibalsis |
 Latvian: divskanis |
 Malay: difttong |
 Dutch: tweeklank |
 Norwegian: diftong, tvelyd |
 Polish: dwugłoska |
 Persian: واکه ی مرکب؛ مصوت دو آوا |
 Pashto: هغه دوه ږغيز او از ونه چه |
 Portuguese: ditongo |
 Romanian: diftong |
 Russian: дифтонг |
 Slovak: dvojhláska |
 Slovenian: dvoglasnik |
 Serbian: diftong |
 Swedish: diftong |
 Thai: สระควบ |
 Turkish: çift ünlü |
 Taiwanese: 雙母音 |
 Ukrainian: дифтонг |
 Urdu: دو حروف جو مل کر ایک آواز |
 Vietnamese: nguyên âm đôi |
 Chinese: 双元音 |
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