Associations to the word «Diphthong»
Noun
- Vowel
- Consonant
- Phoneme
- Syllable
- Ui
- Glide
- Pronunciation
- Eu
- Ous
- Phonology
- Ai
- Ea
- Orthography
- Dialect
- Rp
- Ay
- Au
- Accent
- Hiatus
- Mora
- Spelling
- Yiddish
- Nucleus
- Plural
- Inventory
- Deletion
- Transcription
- Sequence
- Ending
- Verb
- Alphabet
- Onset
- Cor
- Io
- Noun
- Reflex
- Articulation
- Stress
- Breaking
- Borrowing
- Sami
- Contraction
- Pronoun
- Suffix
- Falling
- Gliding
- Epsilon
- Canaan
- Initial
- Portuguese
- Raising
- Combination
- Morphology
- Cluster
- Closing
- Distinction
- Sound
- Shift
- Rhyme
- Sanskrit
Adjective
Wiktionary
DIPHTHONG, noun. (phonetics) A complex vowel sound that begins with the sound of one vowel and ends with the sound of another vowel, in the same syllable.
DIPHTHONG, noun. (rare) A vowel digraph or ligature.
Dictionary definition
DIPHTHONG, noun. A vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another.
Wise words
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and
health to the bones.