"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.
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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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