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Definitions of diphthong
  1. noun
    a vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another
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Definition that contains diphthong
  • synaeresis the contraction of two vowels into a diphthong
  • dieresis a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel to indicate that it does not form a diphthong with an adjacent vowel
  • syneresis the contraction of two vowels into a diphthong
  • diphthongise change from a simple vowel to a diphthong
  • nonsyllabic not forming a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable; consisting of a consonant sound accompanied in the same syllable by a vowel sound or consisting of a vowel sound dominated by other vowel sounds in a syllable (as the second vowel in a falling diphthong)
  • diphthongize change from a simple vowel to a diphthong
  • unsyllabic not forming a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable; consisting of a consonant sound accompanied in the same syllable by a vowel sound or consisting of a vowel sound dominated by other vowel sounds in a syllable (as the second vowel in a falling diphthong)
  • diaeresis a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel to indicate that it does not form a diphthong with an adjacent vowel
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