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Diphthong

Diphthong Definition And Meaning
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.]

Diphthong Definition And Meaning

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:

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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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