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
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