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
When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it
is unspoken you reign over it.