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nouna vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for anothertype of:
Definition that contains 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
- 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