"Diphthong" is a word in ENGLISH
To form or pronounce as a diphthong; diphthongize.
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.
A coalition or union of two vowel sounds pronounced in
one syllable; as, ou in out, oi in noise; -- called a proper diphthong.
It is the rub that polishes the jewel,” Enso Roshi says. “Nobody ever gets to nirvana without going through samsara. Nobody ever gets to heaven, without going through hell. The center of all things, the truth, is surrounded by demons.
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A diphthong in the Latin language; used also by the Saxon writers. It answers to the Gr. ai. The Anglo-Saxon …
Read the complete definitionA contraction of two vowels (as the final and initial vowels of united words) into one long vowel, or into …
Read the complete definitionRelating or belonging to a diphthong; having the nature of a diphthong.
Read the complete definitionTo make into a diphthong; to pronounce as a diphthong.
Read the complete definitionSee Diphthongization.
Read the complete definitionOf the nature of diphthong; diphthongal.
Read the complete definitionThe act of changing into a diphthong.
Read the complete definitionTo change into a diphthong, as by affixing another vowel to a simple vowel.
Read the complete definitionA transitional sound in speech which is produced by the changing of the mouth organs from one definite position to …
Read the complete definitiona diphthong, employed in the Latin language, and thence in the English language, as the representative of the Greek diphthong …
Read the complete definitionA contraction of syllables by suppressing some vowel or diphthong at the end of a word, before another vowel or …
Read the complete definitionOf or relating to tones or sounds; specifically (Phon.), applied to, or distingshing, a speech sound made with tone unmixed …
Read the complete definitionA tonic element or letter; a vowel or a diphthong.
Read the complete definitionA vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal element of speech, unmodified except by resonance; a vowel or a diphthong; a …
Read the complete definitiona. & n. from Vie. W () the twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, is usually a consonant, but sometimes …
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