Associations to the word «Diphthong»
Noun
Adjective
- Oral
- Harmonic
- Rising
- Grammatical
- Icelandic
- Ascending
- Saxon
- Vedic
- Portuguese
- Cf
- Sounded
- Plural
- Singular
- Arabic
- Articulated
- Liquid
- Long
- Classical
- Slovak
- Bengali
- Romanian
- Standard
- Short
- Greek
- Archaic
- Latvian
- Component
- English
- Initial
- Variant
- Tense
- Corresponding
- Distinctive
- Finnish
- Proper
- Raising
- Represented
- Distinct
- Marginal
- Separate
- Gaelic
- Hawaiian
- Or
- Estonian
- Welsh
- Unchanged
- Lowered
- Malay
Adverb
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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