About The Word Diphthong
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Diphthong
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What's The Definition Of Diphthong?
[n] a vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another
Synonyms | Synonyms for Diphthong: Related Terms | Find terms related to Diphthong: allophone | alveolar | apico-alveolar | apico-dental | articulation | aspiration | assimilation | bilabial | cacuminal | cerebral | check | consonant | continuant | dental | dissimilation | epenthetic vowel | explosive | glide | glottal | glottalization | guttural | labial | labialization | labiodental | labiovelar | laryngeal | lateral | lingual | liquid | manner of articulation | modification | monophthong | morphophoneme | mute | nasal | occlusive | palatal | parasitic vowel | peak | pharyngeal | pharyngealization | phone | phoneme | plosive | prothetic vowel | retroflex | segmental phoneme | semivowel | sonant | sonority | speech sound | stop | surd | syllabic nucleus | syllabic peak | syllable | transition sound | triphthong | velar | vocable | vocalic | vocoid | voice | voiced sound | voiceless sound | voicing | vowel See Also | vowel | vowel sound Diphthong In Webster's Dictionary \Diph"thong\ (?; 115, 277), n. [L. diphthongus, Gr. ?;
di- = di`s- twice + ? voice, sound, fr. ? to utter a sound:
cf. F. diphthongue.] (Ortho["e]py)
(a) A coalition or union of two vowel sounds pronounced in
one syllable; as, ou in out, oi in noise; -- called a
{proper diphthong}.
(b) 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}.
\Diph"thong\, v. t. To form or pronounce as a diphthong; diphthongize. [R.] |
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